Aston Martin Chairman David Richards has revealed that his Prodrive company is looking to enter Formula One, with a view to taking up one of three available spots open to new teams next year.
This is cool news for many reasons, the first of which is that we could have as many as 26 cars on the grid in 2010 – it’s always good to have loads of cars in a race!
And second, there’s a chance that the Prodrive outfit will enter as Aston Martin, which would be, well, bloody British.
We’re already keenly following Aston’s top-flight entry into Le Mans this year, so having them in F1 would be very exciting.
Richards has tempered our excitement a little, though, explaining that the Prodrive team might not get badged as Aston. “There are many discussions to be had in the coming weeks once the regulations have been published. We will then make a decision,” he told Autosport.
There are some in the Top Gear office who think that Aston doesn’t make sense as a brand in F1, because it makes GT cars. However, I think it would be a pretty awesome to see Aston go up against the likes of Ferrari.
Richards is assessing the situation in light of the FIA’s planned budget cap, that would see a voluntary £30 million limit placed on teams.
These teams would then be given huge freedom in technical innovation by the sport’s governing body. Think movable wings, no engine rev limit, no restriction on the number or type of updates, no homologation requirements, no limits on materials, testing, simulators, wind tunnels and so on. This freedom won’t be offered to the bigger spending teams.
The budget won’t cover driver salaries, motor homes, marketing and the like, but will cover all development work – and even ‘freebies’ from other teams will be assigned a real world cost and covered by the cap (say if McLaren let Aston use their wind tunnel for free).
This idea could take F1 back to the days where small privateer teams were actively vying for wins with the big boys, and the rumoured eight teams considering entering F1 will no doubt have been buoyed by Brawn’s recent success (although even they are operating way beyond a £30 million cap).
FIA president Max Mosley has requested that current teams submit their own capping proposals by tomorrow (Thursday), before announcing the plans next week.
If nothing else, this could lead to some interesting times in F1 next season, so let us know what you think about it all: will it add to the excitement of F1, or create a two-tier championship?
pleeeeeeeeeese aston/prodrive, do it!!
Apparently Lola are one of the other teams considering coming back to F1…
I personally, would love to see Aston Martin as an F1 team!
perfect for f1. if aston will get the success like Brawn GP then i will be happy. luv the gulf paintjob!
I am opposed to a budget cap that will see two different sets of rules for the competitors. It is effectively a two tier championship where competitiveness will not be equaled, I am in favor of a budget cap for all teams however of say maybe 80 – 100 million. But i would go further and say it shouldn’t cover the cost of employees, But i would limit the number of employees a team can have and also the number that they can bring to the circuit.
i luv aston martin i so hope that they do go F1
who watch me play last night at old trafford we got hammerd 2-0
The budget cap should help get more teams into F1 but like NO EYED DEAR said do we really want a two tier F1?
Also for 30 million I could imagine the bigger teams trying to buy or run a smaller team to test possible advantages. Just think about Red Bull and Toro Rosso. They could run one team on the full budget and the other as budget capped.
Didnt Richards also say he only wanted to enter if he was competetive, which is want everyone wants.
I can’t see the gulf colours working on an F1 car for some reason.
Do we want a two tier system? NO. Do we want a GULF branded Aston F1 team? Oh yes. Get Hamilton on board!
Carefull Aston, Tread carefully, lest us not forget the hash job that Jag made of F1 entry
Aston plz do it or I’ll send a load of japanese thugs(with chainsaws and AK 47s) on your HQ.
Please don’t let that be the paint job if aston join F1. It works on aston racers, bt not on an F1 car.
Aston you can do it, it would be a honor for us (the spectators) to see a Aston F1.
I love Aston Martin and this is why i hope it won’t join this F1!
Could we see the return of British racing green in F1? I certanly hope so.
It would be very interesting to see privateer teams like Lola and Aston/Prodrive come in it would really shake up the establishment. If they use the Aston badge and they are up against Ferrari do you think Porsche would be tempted to join in as well to preserve their racing credibility at the highest level?
But this would creat a F1 “B”, right?
I don’t want 2 different categories in the race, it’s confusing, and it is called FORMULA 1 for a reason…
Aston in it, fine, but as long they don’t pull a “Jaguar”. And for sure, not in the Formula B.
yeah, can’t you see they will just fail if they enter it, Aston Martin like everything else that has any relation to the U.K hasn’t got a pot to piss in and is useless (it’s no longer the 1940’s or time of the British Empire, get over it) Leave it to the Germans and the Japanese.
First i read an article on F1.com on a possible F1 come back from Lola, now i hear Aston taking on F1, great! But being Aston they have to build the most gorgeous F1 car ever since the old Lotus 49, but can they? Probably not considering the look of modern F1 cars. So first Aston takes on the LMP1s now it’s F1 what next? Maybe the WRC!
i think that this will be a great idea and get Lewis Hamilton Driving for them then it will be very British
woooooooooooooooooo aston please please please please please please please do it. it would work
Aston Martin…. F1, Jaguar was coool when its first joined F1, I sure hope Aston will make it way better than Jaguar did….
I always wanted them to come to F1
This best bro!!!!!!
Great pic! where did you get it???
Please!
I’m very much for the budget cap if they’re given more freedom fron technical regulations.
I now don’t care about Mclaren and Ferrari I want aston in those colours to enter F1 anhialate everyone to gain our British dominance with Brawn!!! However knowing ol’titch he’ll want Aston GP to cough up big time…..I also want Silverstone, Donington, Knockhill!!!!! back along with Murray Walker commentating and Nigel Mansell driving…..again!!! Keep up the good work TG and Dr Bez!!
I really hope DR doesn’t make it to the grid, he had a place last year but couldn’t be bothered to see it through, he says he will only do it if someone gives him a free pass with a car capable of winning. he wants a whole lot of reward for very little effort
Sounds like a plan! Let the Brits show folk how it’s done! Gotsta be Gulf paint though.
Didn’t know there was separate regulations for the £30m thing, I think that’s a very good idea…
Calmerc – The £30m thing means a two tier system and a whole load of confusion
Bring in Porsche too!!
mmmmm Aston F1
Mind you, i’d like to see the return of lotus to F1. Small sports car manufacturer, limited budget, no problem. Plus, they could revive the old british racing green and yellow paint job.
Also, how about seeing more manufacturers in F1? Alfa Romeo would produce the most gorgeous car ever, it would have to be censored, and no doubt some Japanese manufacturer (Subaru) could make a mental turbo-nutter job, mazda furai styly!
YES PLEASE
I know Aston Martin is the best British car in the WERRRRLD ( as JC would say ) I hope they can be the best in F1 too. GO Aston Martin!
Well Renault isn’t exactly a racing car company either, and it would be great if ProDrive/ Aston Martin could join next year….
I Think Aston should Veary Well Join The F1 I Think It Would Be Intresting To See What Happeneds
As much as I’d like to see them enter. No Gulf livery, please!
“This idea could take F1 back to the days where small privateer teams were actively vying for wins with the big boys”
Kinda like Toro Rosso, Red Bull, Williams and Brawn. Granted STR and Williams aren’t vying for wins, but they’re certainly giving the establishment a run for their money.
Keep Lewis as far away from this as possible! Get in Paul di Resta.
Porsche won’t join. They say just to race for promotion, so they race roadcars, albeit rebuild to racespecs. I’m sure they can’t/won’t spare the dough for purposebuilt racecars.
Aston might face similar problems any day now. But with those Gulfcolors I wish they’d do it anyway. One more car I cán recognise on the telly. But it won’t be pure Aston I bet: Cosworth engine, Lola chassis, Prodrive engineers…
“There are some in the Top Gear office who think that Aston doesn’t make sense as a brand in F1, because it makes GT cars”
This argument is ridiculous. So what is the point of F1 cars of Mercedes, Toyota and BMW ? None. Look, that Aston produce ONLY sports cars, none of them are limousines or silly hatchbacks for concret salesman. And Ferrari is not different, because on their site they say to look on their “GT cars”…
Above all of this, I want to see Aston Martin on F1 races asap, to kick some ass
And no other name, not silly Prodrive of something like that. Aston Martin F1 Team. That sounds dangerous.
As said, Brawn GP isn’t under the budget cap, so Prodrive Lola whoever wants to enter the next season can’t dream of great performance.
If they have limited budget they won’t obviously be testing very much and won’t have a wind tunnel and won’t have Adrian Newey to make the car and therefore no make-or-break updates during the season. A bit like Super Aguri, but without the sheds of money from Honda.
I think Prodrive should enter, they have had experience in F1 in the past and they should be able to put together a decent car.
However, I don’t think the Aston Badge will go well with F1, they should remain focused on competing with the ferrari on the road, not on the track.
Formula 1 would ruin aston martin,the cars wouldn’t be aston martins, they would just be formula 1 cars with aston matin painted on the back.
I think seeing Aston Martin in formula one would be amazing, seeing as its only been teams leaving sports recently like the btcc i want to see F1 survive. And Aston are more than worthy of competing, the DBR9 of previous years is example enough that they can make a successful racing team.
As for the £30million cap, it would make it more interesting, and would possibly change the sport quite alot if the teams had a lot less restrictions on the design of the cars. Whether or not it would split the pack will only be a matter of time.
Forget Formula 1, aston should fiddle with the rapide and enter it into touring cars, now that would be awsome.
If Aston entered into F1 it would be one of the only teams which I wouldn’t care about points or GP wins. It would just look so cool in those Gulf colours.
P.S. Would it be Bonds next car???
Aston Martin + F1= BRILLIANCE!
Pleeeeaase do it! But change the colors on the car…
that’s a terrible photoshop mockup.
Ohhhh absolutely awsome! Adding Aston Martin to F1 would be huge and it would make things interesting down on the grid especially if there could up to 26 cars down there. And best of all Aston are British, yesss mate! Aston pleeeeasse make this happen.
No no no no no. The paint has GOT to be British Racing green. It’s the Aston Colour. But Aston, please do this!!! I’d also like to see Ariel go into F1 (I know that they don’t have enough money, I’m just saying.) Or noble. Oooooorrr… AC come back, into F1! Brilliant. Sorry, I need to take my excitement pill now
Or Lotus. OOOOOOH YEAHHH!
And I agree with matt (post 8), Gulf doesn’t work on an F1 car, it’s gotta be a Le Mans car.
Hamilton, Button, mmmmm, British
£30m budget, Eddie too busy to commentate last race… Jordan for 2010!
And Tak, That would actually be great, Cosworth engine, Lola Chassis, British racing green, Pro drive Engineers, Aston martin building, then, all we need is a pie eating Fat bloke to race it. Or dig up That driver who won that Le Mans race while Drunk (sorry, his name escapes me. And just kidding, may he rest in peace)
Aston Martin Prodrive
Its giving me goosebumps just thinking about it
And Remember, Aston have brought out an F1 car before, in 1959. Crap results, but nice car. Have a look:
http://formula1.about.com /od/history/ig/Retromobi le-Car-Show.–4F/Aston-Mar tin-BBR4-250.htm
Although it’s a great thought, I hope it doesn’t happen. Even with the budget cap, new teams won’t be able to walk into F1 and be successful. Richards knows this which is why he’s being cautious. Aston in F1? Great, but Aston running midfield/near the back? No thanks.
Its time we got a few more teams in..GO ASTON!
I’d love it if they joined F1! The more cars the better!
I think Prodrive would be more fitting rather than Aston, but … who would build the Engines?
even if they were just F1 cars with Aston Martin written on them who cares. The liveries in the pic are awesome. Aston in F1 please
You could always call it B.A.R (British Aston Racing)…oh wait….
I’d rather see Lotus return to F1, to be honest.
I’d love to see Dave Richards in F1, but please call the team Prodrive, Richards F1 or even Lagonda Racing. Anything but Aston Martin! Formula 1 is just not the right place for the ASton Martin name, and I reckon an Aston Martin F1 entry would do the brand irrepairable damage.
This is GOOOOD news, D.R. is the business.
As for the team name, I heard they would combine the Prodrive & Aston names to make…
PROTON
Why not Aston? And bring Porsche along as well, and lamborghini, what a season that will be ?!
Get Aston in there. And lola. two fully british race teams is what it needs and bring on the british racing green paint job just to show it is british. 26 cars on the grid would be amazing making the spectator side even more exciting than it currently is with all the rule changes this year. Get stuck in Aston and Lola, you both cain Le Mans now do the same with F1
Yay aston
Aston with Button and Hamilton – that would be amazing
Well the good news is that Aston has what it takes to hand Ferrari’s ass to them on a silver platter. The bad news is it also means McLaren will take a sore thrashing too.
Assuming no other team drops out, would be interesting to see which two drivers Aston chooses for the team’s maiden F1 season.
i would love to see Aston in Formula One. Top Gear, you have got my hopes up. supporting them over Ferrari though, that’s a tough ask. hope they get good drivers too… anyone but Hamilton (because i hate him with a passion, he can stay at Mclaren, who i also hate. he is undeserved of a drive in the Aston F1) and Vettel (because i hope he goes to Ferrari)
to post 64, that is great.
i think Prodrive Aston Martin Racing would fit the new, thinner and taller rear spoiler. anyone else think they should make the rear spoiler wider too?
ohh… i meant to say prodrive aston martin racing would be a little more… un-copyrighted too.
good I hope that helps them make a faster flappy transmission, would of never got one if I knew it was that bad.
Quote: These teams would then be given huge freedom in technical innovation by the sport’s governing body. Think movable wings, no engine rev limit, no restriction on the number or type of updates, no homologation requirements, no limits on materials, testing, simulators, wind tunnels and so on. This freedom won’t be offered to the bigger spending teams.
This sort of thing gets me really excited, should I seek professional help? A return to tech fests would be great for a casual F1 fan like me to get excited about it again. I don’t care if a team have spent £10M developing a slightly different shaped diffuser, I want them to spend £1M on stuff that’s cool. I want budget turbo-supercharged V8 engines with anti-lag and ground effect, active air suspension nutter cars. All the stuff that’s banned apart from any device that prevents a mechanical component exceeding a pre-set level of spin/slip. I’ve always thought that F1 shoots itself in the foot by making the whole sport about purely who can shape bits on a car or in an engine better. It kinda defeats the whole point of having a top tier in motorsport. Make it more innovative and not just about aero ideas, more privateers who had a bright idea and stuck it on or in a car.
Even if no one agrees with me, I think we can all agree that the current format of ‘the team that spends the most money or inteprets the rules in the most creative way wins’ is getting a bit tedious. People would watch F1 if the cars looked, sounded and were more creatively designed.
I wouldn’t entirely blame Jaguar for its F1 failures. Ford was a major hindrance in their competitiveness. Ford ruined that brand.
Please aston come to F1
aston in f1?
one word : AWESOME!
I love Aston Martin and I do hope they go to F1. If they do I hope that their car will be better and faster then Brawn GP’s and maybe the DBR9!
Yes, it will be more fun, no questions about it… And making GT cars is not the reason for not entering F1. I mean, what have BMW been doing? They sell passenger cars! And Aston has a lot of racing heritage, so again, why not?
And I’ll be cheering for Aston if they enter F1, and thats being FACTUAL…
Btw, Why light blue? Why not metallic dark green, like their N24 cars? That would be cool, very cool…
Aston? Gulf colours? Formula 1? Colour me potentially explosively excited.
it will be great if Aston get’s into f1 it will certainly improve the competition and more car on track means more excitment for the fans
2010
McLaren out – Aston Martin in?
Aston in f1. Im plenty excited. Jusst dunt hav dat crap gulf colours
i think dat the colour is horrrrrrrrrrrrid. lose the colours and it will AWESOME
i meant to have a ‘be’ in that
Perhaps those in the TG office who think Aston in F1 makes no sense cos it makes GTs could explain to us thickoes: how exactly does that qualify Toyota or BMW or Renault???
Lads, I think you’ll find that the average consumer is capable of making the mental leap from F1 car to road car even if there’s absolutely no resemblance between the two…
To be honest I can’t see any start-up team on a limited budget being in any way competitive in F1; while I thought the idea of the ‘mobile hairpins’ created by back markers was a good test of driver skill, I can sort of understand the safety problems that they posed so agree at least in principle with their removal.
Unfortunately, I reckon that taking a well established brand like aston into F1 is a recipe for disaster as it’s almost certain that they will be at best a bit of a joke team and do some pretty serious damage to the marque’s credibility. I’m all for new blood in the sport, but surely it would be a better idea to compete under a different or less well recognised name to avoid some of the likely fallout (Lagonda I’m afraid would likely not work either as Aston have plans to revive it as a sister brand)
Basically think of it like this – would you like Aston Martin to be mentioned in the same breath as Arrows, Minardi, BAR Honda and Force India?
Aston doesn’t make sense as a brand in F1?
Well, Red Bull does not make cars at all…
tanninator – The classic Gulf colour scheme, as present on some of the most gorgeous racing machinery ever to grace the world’s tracks, is not horrid. This is not an opinion, it’s fact.
aston martin are a crap car company and they will be rubbish in f1
@boyboy: When Ferrari wins, you know it’s a Ferrari through and through. I was never a fan of nearly all teams using a Ford Cosworth engine and then building a car around it, back in the ’70’s. Privateers are fun but F1 should also be about manufacturers competing who builds the best car. If Aston joins with a Lola chassis, they won’t learn how to improve their roadgoing chassis’. I think they oughtta. Racing should improve the breed.
What’s all this crêpe about those A/B budgets btw? Aren’t the rules confusing enough already? Everybody should operate under exactly the same rules, otherwise there’s no championship left.
aston martin are great have u seen the new aston
Well said James C #89! The nearest I’ve got to it is a Scalextric Gulf GT40 which is so gorgeous I don’t want to race it in case I damage it! Before I shuffle off my mortal coil I intend to find an undertaker who paints their hearses in Gulf colours..
But it somehow doesn’t look that good in an F1 car… Besides, Richards said ProDrive, didn’t he? Not gulf…
Owh, and I’d like to correct myself, not the N24 color scheme, but this particular DBR9:
http://www.topgear.com/co ntent/timetoburn/sections /wallpapers/store/0189/1 280.jpg
I still think that cool metallic dark green with yellow linings livery works best for an Aston F1 car… =]
It’ll be great to see Aston Martin in F1… Just imagine Caterham in F1 though… They’ll be super fast at the starts and in the corners, but get spanked in the straights!! Why not get David Coulthard (a fellow Scot) driving for Aston Martin?? Ok, so he might crash a lot, but at least he’s a trier and wouldn’t give up and I think he really misses it…
Yeah, bring Aston in.
I honest would prefer to see it in British Racing Green rather than Gulf colours sure the gulf colours have history but British Racing Green has a tonne more
just like all astons that would be by far the best looking F1 car i really want aston to join. the more brits the better!!
aston in F1 oh yes!
but I will like to see lotus back as well.
British Racing Green with a big old aston badge sponsors will ruin the look unfortunatly : (
i think some rich english bloke needs to buy bently back from VW. get them racing F1 and create a modern day version of the Blower Bently days
If this did happen could be easy for young driver to race with likes of massa and lewis because this would be great for the sport more cars more overtaking how about they add 5 teams intsead of 3 because it would be a lot more of an race to watch. There is one idea i have got that is 30 millon should only come out of the back pockets of the company and any sponership that is put into the teams should get spit between ever one the teams so making it 1/26 shot of winning
aston in f1 would be awesome!
i heard about lola too..
Just do it, the more British teams in there the better
The paint job looks phat regardless of what anyone says
I had a trouser accident just reading the headline
ASTON F1 WOULD BE AWESOME!!!
ASTON F1 WOULD BE AWESOME!!!
i think aston entering would be cool but in the world of f1 £30 million wouldn’t be enough no matter how much freedom there alowed to have. so i think the top teams would still be on top.
Go on Mr Richards, you know you want to (and we want you to as well)…
Just make sure you get a good designer and a good engine supplier – look how it’s transformed Honda into Brawn…
Now all you need is drivers – how about Anthony Davidson for a start?
Aston enter f1 and get Lewis as the driver!!
Well as I don’t see Lotus returning anytime so, I am very much in favour of having Aston to cheer for.
As long as they’re more of a success than the Jag team. The Jag too had a nice paint job, but that was about it, if I remember correctly.
I think it would be great to see a Brit on the track
hopefully this will bring it back to the days with drivers like Nuvalori,Moss and Senna
No – Please NO!!!!!!
Look at the laughing stock Jaguar became after getting into F1 – No, no, no, no…
Hang on a minute, we’re bickering about what colour to have. Why not have a main team and a sub-team. One in Gulf, One in British racing Green. Red bull and Torro Rosso do it, why not Aston. Well, apart from the fact that they won’t have enough money, but with backing…Hang on, I need to go to the toilet.
This could go one of two ways. Aston could be brilliant, but they could also end up a certain creek with out a certain vital instrument. I’ve seen enough British car companies go to pot, please just not Aston, and not with a rash decision like F1. Try out a lower tier. Formula 3. Bloody Go-kart, just don’t jump the gun Aston, don’t.
BUGATTI F1 CAR. OH MY GOD!!!
Stig F1 Please
Aston/prodrive please please get in formula 1 and wipe that smile of mclaren’s and Lewis Hamilton’s face and i’ll be your biggest fan and it would bring some glamour to f1. Matty Thompson
Definately bring in Porsche.
will add loads of glamour magic
I can’t get it wait. At last, Aston is gonna be in F1.
get lambo in!
Whilst it’s not very Aston Martin-ish at all, it is something I can imagine Prodrive doing – especially as they were once trying to be a B-Team for McLaren. But they won’t paint it in Gulf. That’s LM, not AM. It should be painted like the original DBR9, or, if the yellow nose is a little to ’60s Lotus, perhaps just paint it in Aston Martin Racing Green with a black rear wing and a yellow spine (tip of the engine cover).
Or if enter simply as Prodrive, just naked carbon fibre with Prodrive stickers on it! That would be awesome!
Come on Aston! Then Lewis can join them – that would be a combination from heaven!
I think aston doing the grand prix would be great because they could use the engine from the concept V10 vantage. But it could also be a bad thing because if aston don’t do well in F1 it could give them a bad image in Le Mans and in the public
We will finaly get a gulf car on the grid!!!!!
I think porsche should give it a shot!!!!
BUGATTI would be fantastic, imagine it 4WD F1 car with a BUGATTI engine!!!!
it will be class to see Aston in F1 next season
You could paint a turd in the Gulf colors and it would look good. Bring it on, Aston!
With the FIA intent on gunning for McLaren there may well be an extra team slot available on the grid. However with the “lack of support” (for English teams and Drivers) from “the powers that be”. It will be a far from easy entry for them? Lets hope that the “Money men” in charge are finaly thinking about the sport and not their wallets!
aston have gotta enter f1! gulf colours would look the best on the grid as well!!!
If Aston does then we need Lotus to do it too!!!
If aston became a team there would be a rivalry between them brawn and ferrari. it would be interesting to see which engine they use.
Give Stig to Aston he will beat them all!!!
Or in Ferrari!!!
But not in McLaren they are nobish!!!
I would actually love to see the Stig in F1.
great now we can actually have an all british team, Aston, Webber, and Button.
I would love it if Prodrive/Aston Martin join F1. However I am against the 30million cap, you cant have 2 standards for the field, if you want that cap start a new series. Give that flexibility to all teams and lets see what happens
I might also point out that Webber isnt British but Australian.
aston martins are the best i realy hope they go to f1
Aston not in F1 ‘cos they make GT cars??
If Beemers can do F1, why not Aston??
Or Audi…or Skoda??
I will actually start watching formula 1 races if aston joins in. But only if they bring along that gulf livery..
I think the decision for aston martin to join F1 is a great idea, it gives the company a chance to show off there real potential and and performance when it comes to high speed racing, i think any new team that joins F1 gets people excited about what to expect and how well there going to do.
Aston needs to drive, after their entry there should be more competition between drivers which equals better racing!!
Wonder if they can fund it.
It would be great to see an Aston racing for Britain. They have enough experience through Le Mans racing to make a go of it.
However,what the FIA should do is ban bloody wings. This would make development a quantum leap cheaper for the teams and really sort out the drivers from the boys whilst making racing a real spectator sport once again.
loving the gulf livery
would be savage to have Aston/pro drive in F1, Hopefully this would tempt Audi to f1! Button would be the man for Aston. Hamilton is a cry baby full of his own hype, he will run to ferrari….
i was wating for this moment all my life.
hope they beat ferrari and hamilton .Is it true that ferrari want robert kubica
OMG!!! you have to make this a reality! To see Aston in F1 would be fantastic!!!
To Aston Martin:
dooooooo ittttttttt
I’m a very torn person, a half-hippy-anti-oil-compa ny guy who at the same time really enjoys Formula 1 (yes, very hypocritical), but I can’t help but admit the Gulf colors would be one of the coolest liveries on an F1 car. Right up there with the mirror-finish “chrome” paint on the McLarens.
But in my hippy defense, technologies developed in F1 have had a trickle-down effect which led to huge gains in the fuel economy of road cars (especially back in the 80’s Honda turbo motor days).
Anyway, Mr. Richards, make it happen. Bring Aston Martin and the orange and blue to F1.
And in regards to the rendering, the air intake on the tip of the nose to cool the driver made to look sort of like an Aston Martin grill is a very cool touch.
GO ASTON ! we would like to see u competing with perverted italian and german racing team… Show them some british colours.
Go Aston! BUT.. i would prefer a new colour concept on the F1 car.. Like british racing green perhaps…
If Pro-drive can afford to race then here is hoping another British team can raise a winners flag on the podeum. I cant see pro drive racing under the Aston Banner but if they did i think it would create a great deal of enthusiasm amongst UK spectators. I have to say i favour BR Green and Bullet Grey.
hope aston get in, give someone like ant davidson a chance to get his career going again
Aston Martin and F1 would mix well, if given the chance i think it woulod be very good!
i would love to see aston join f1
Aston Martin in F1 would be awesome !! Button to win this year : )
could f1 get any more cooler if Aston Martin was on the grid? If they got a quality set up, brawn doin his magic on the car, hamilton and button being the drivers. Man they would be unstoppable!
IN fact to hell with it, Bring back them all!!! LOTUS, TYRELL, JORDAN, ASTON, even a bit of BENTLEY in AND MINARDI – im being serious. Lets get rid of the stupid italian and spanish teams….not to mention force india LOL. This would boost so much work in the economy of this country if that actually happened. so many more motorsport jobs, and would bring back motor racing back to its original home.
Hamilton + Button + Aston Martin = British Dominance
Do it Aston!!
Hamilton + Button + Aston Martin = British Dominance
Do it Aston!!
Please, please, please do iiiiiiittt!!! The whole of the UK is behind you Aston if you choose to do this.
Mercedes-Benz won’t like it though…ha, ha. But British dominance is what we really want. Lewis Hamilton may have been 2008 world champion (but he did with a Mercedes engine), if Prodrive get directly involved with this team, then we should hopefully be in for a winner…Am I right in thinking the Prodrive group helped Button get his first pole for Honda?
if aston martin come in then we could see some old favourites like lotus or see new cars like Ford
good idea
If a soft drink company like Red Bull, can enter and even stay in F1 for this much time, and win the last GP…There is no reason why Aston Martin with it’s success at Le Mans etc. Can’t do the same with F1, with British Prodrive backing, with P’s success in rallying, and with Le Mans, they could quite easily build a great F1 car. And hopefully: if Aston rack up a good enough win they could rent out their engines to other British racing teams, so for the first time in history – teams like Mclaren, Williams, and Braun could be running off Aston Martin engines
Basically if Aston play this card properly (and don’t pull a Jaguar)…and get the right drivers – the financial and credential benefits would be enormous…It’s definitely worth a try – don’t bottle it Aston – (Imagine how this experience would improve their road car research too) 
We need some proper racing names in F1, no silly soft drinks, or banking companies ( or just in it for the glory firms )that don’t actually make any road cars…bringing back some old marks like Lotus would also be really cool – but that’s quite ambitious. People need to start thinking about what F1 really is, and it needs a big prestige boost
Somehow I don´t c the connection Aston Martin-F1.
A DB9 looks so much better than the current F1 snowplows. It would only ruin the great and distinctive image AM has.
try to get the painting kinnda like ferrari or brawn this is to blue no offence
They should have gulf colours, an Aston engine, Lewis and Seb Vettel.
And they should be called Prodrive-Aston Martin Racing. And they should beat McLaren and Ferrari et al. And they should… Whats that you say? Wake up?
ist the best idea ive ever heard. prodrive/aston, do it!
color looks great but i also agree with barry i think it would be cool in british racing green.
Prodrive-Aston Martin Racing… Big winged aston logo on the rear wings… Dark green metallic color, with the yellow stripes shimmering under the Bahrain sun… Locking the front row… Now wouldn’t that be great…
See, British racing green is best! =] I wonder how you use that DB9 nose design in an F1 car? =P
British rules the asphalt I guess =]
aston should definetly do it. it would at a new flavor to f1. though AM is luxury brand, it doesn’t act and feel as smug as merc or ferrari.
on that budget cap, I’ve got the exact opinion on that matter as commentator #4. with 30 million quid it wouldn’t make sense. because though the teams could do whatever they want, they won’t have the money for it. £30m won’t even pay the material (speaking of which, they should use cheaper ones for the wings, axles & brakes f.e.).
That would be just so fab, another British manufacturer to add to the others. Mr Richards, sir, please do it.
Come on Aston, if u don’t do it then i will stop watching f1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!
omg plz do this. this will be a dream come true. i have always wanted Aston to join F1 so please please do it!!!
I’m all for aston joining but imagine a Skoda F1 team top speed 3mph 060 7hours cool thought though
Cars are my life especially aston martin, and if F1 don’t let them do it then i may have to harass there presenters and tie them to the track to be run over…
no,have citroen in f1!,awesome!,and have sebastien loeb and dani sordo as drivers,and scott speed as test driver,great eh?
and anyway why is portmouth player glen johnson here? is he supposed to lose to arsenal or something?
i hate you all
no
Well at least it isnt “SHELL”
Aston Martin that will be cool if you decide to make the dream real and i might add lose the blue and use the Brit green and tade down the emblem Gulf up front or put it on the side like the rest of F1
I Would Like To See A Mixture Of New Manufactures brought To F1, The Sport Needs A Bit Of A Boost.
I Would Like To See Nissan & Audi In F1.
I think Aston Martin entering F1 would be a brilliant idea and would give them a huge sucsess in motorsport and in publicity
Aston really should consider F1 because it might give them a new name and reputation, It would also give opportunities for people who want to have a chance in F1. So Aston……………… Just do it
i would really like to see aston martin come back to f1 although i am only 15 i think aston martin would make a great f1 team and wipe the floor woth ferrari and maclaren
if you google “aston martin f1″ then click on the link that says “aston martin f1 racing” then you get to a website that says that they have joined f1 and that in 56 days the car will be revealed.
I don’t want to see a 2 tier F1, all teams should have their budgets capped, but a freeing up of the rules would create more exciting racing.
Aston don’t make F1 cars they make GT cars and compete in more exciting GT racing series. This is as bad an idea as when Ford put Jaguar in F1.
Don’t do it DR, badge it Prodrive.
Aston joining F1 would be awesome, an English team in F1 at last, time to show them what we’are made of.
Too Wilhard —> like Demon Hill Did..like 10+ years ago
I’d love to see Aston thrash big car makers like Ferrari, but the cars style is horrible!
I Love The Gulf Racing Colours. I Think This Livery Will Definitely Catch On
Wilhard
McLaren Is British
as an aston owner,and a true believer in the british motoring industry,or wats left of it, it would be an honour to see aston in the game
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your not an aston owner! welsh stig
Brawn have had loads of success in their first year so there’s no reason aston couldn’t. Also they’d be the best looking F1 cars on the track and they’d get sponsorship money to help aston survive. I want button and hamilton to drive for them
aston martin totally rule
join f1 it would be much more interesting and fun to watch
Bring it on how about Aston in british racing green , lotus in black and gold(think JPS racing colours) and Porsche in Gulf colours as the mighty 917 did.
Hope they do but they wont be as good as brawn or mclaren. brawns win today was spectacular and i hope they keep it up ang hamiltion get a pole mate. COME ON F1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really want to see Aston in F1, if they win some races then Aston will have a bigger buget- just what everyone wants.
A two tier top-flight would be nothing new. Remember, Jim Clark got his break through racing for F2 teams…
I think it would be great to have Aston/prodrive come into F1 , gulf colours look awesome but british racing green would look cool too , it would be nice to have a proper british team up there with button and hamilton and hopefully trashing the likes of ferrari.
Would it not be super cool if porsche and lets say maserati or alfa came back to f1. this could be good fun to watch.
Just thinking of it, in the crisis everything gets worse, well aside from f1, it gets more interesting!
Get lambo in there and massa
here here to german stig, + lambo
aston have 2 sign up and then get hamilton
Aston would be great at F1 itll be good to see them go up against ferrari and mclaren
and brawn
I HATE LEWIS WHATS HIS FACE
I think Aston Martin would be a great addition to the F1 circuit! If Aston themselves designed the car,we’d actually get a sexy car,under these new regulations!! Say YES!,Bernie and Max!!!
Fantastic! one of my favourate car manafactures, but will they have the technoligy, speed and agility compared to mclaren, and brawn? hopefully if this goes ahead, Aston will do a good job!….????
Sounds good but with a recession on and them in Le Mans I hope they don’t run out of money because that would be a very poor showing indeed
O MY FREAKING GOD !! If Aston martin enters F1 .. I think I’ll become a 2 fold die hard fan of the Aston badge .. as it is aston’s are drop dead gorgeous and I just love the performance .. If they do enter the F1 .. I bet the cars will become collectables in due course of time
Cheers to Aston Martin !!!
Aston Martin sounds great and will look fast with the Gulf paint job come on Mr Richards do it, we need you.
i think aston should be able to be in f1 next year,
they would be a good contender for the championship
I dont think F1 is where Aston Martin belong, especially in this recession.
I hope they run out of Money like Lola did…… YEE HAA! Or do what Aston Martin’s really do….
“Go!!! And theyv’e both broke down!!! Ford Mondeo wins!!!”
ASTON BELONG IN TOURING CAR RACING, BUT IN F1 IT WOULDN’T SEEM RIGHT
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What would Aston Martin gain from F1? They should continue building great GT race cars like the DBR9, Vantage GT2, DBRS9, and the GT4 Vantage.
It seems odd how F1 is being more restricted yet companies are in talks about non-spec indycars for the 2011 IndyCar Series.
At least it will intresting
Aston Martin might not even race if there are more than 26 entrants
Aston in f1 would be great for britain to show we can beat germans and italians unless we lose.
cumon aston
WE ALREADY HAVE A BRITISH TEAM TO REPRESENT US AND THEY ARE CALLED BRAWN GP!!!!
hmm. aston entering f1? that would be cool, but i would just love to see the gulf livery off that davidoff cup mclaren gtr with the black separeated by the red stripe, with the blue and orange on top. that would be pure awesomeness.
lola coming back wouldn’t be such a bad thing either…but what about lotus?
I think it would be good if Lotus came back, get Senna Jr. and Vettel, or a line-up similar.
Affew of comments include something along the lines of a british f1 team would be great,we have plenty of brits in the game, take a look at this:
*BrawnGP -British (based in Britain)
*RedBull -British (based in Britain)
*Mclaren -British (based in Britain)
*Williams -British (based in Britain)
*Renault -French (based in Britain)
*ForceIndia -Indian (based in Britian)
*BMW -German (based in Switzerland/Germany)
*Toyota -Japanese (based in Germany)
*Ferrari-Italian (based in Italy)
*Torro Rosso-Italian (based in Italy)
(source:WIKI)
it would would be great to see as many british teams as we can get! what you waiting for aston!
Aston Martin would show the Ferrari’s a thing or two!!!
Aston showed the Ferrari’s how its done at Le Mans and should take em on in F1. The Gulf livery is great btw!!!
Aston would thrash Ferrari if they were to join the F1! However the great news is, is that yes, they have been accepted!
as ferrari are not doing very well this year aston would hopefully thrash them. If they are still in f1 in 2010
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Im There
Go Aston. And about those colours.
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Im a grate fan now plese do it.
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hope it does not flop like the jaguar f1 team
Aston Martin is the best ever car make, I love them! And I have been waiting for this moment, But here is pne problem, which is that Aston would trash eeryone else!
what about lotus in again
Add in Aston.great cars why not add Bugatti and Koenigsegg?
add in Alfa Romeo they make good cars
aston martin do it!!! f1 please
i phoned this number but got no reply
who is this person
oh well we’ve got lotus back
I like Aston Martin i so hope that they do go for formula 1.
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Someone had an idea that if Aston tries f1 porsche might if that would happen dont you think that the only manufacterer left would be lambo? they would have a nice car. Oh and buy the way ASTON GO FOR IT!
Ya go aston! but if aston gets in they have so got to have Robert Kubica as adriver and yes i am polish but that doesnt stop me loving ASTON MARTIN!!!!