Aston Martin has confirmed what was expected - that their test and reserve driver Felipe Drugovich will replace Lance Stroll in pre-season testing after the Canadian was injured on the bike.

Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll has announced that he will miss pre-season testing in Bahrain due to a cycling accident, but could be fit for the start of the season.

Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel tested the new Aston Martin F1 car for 2022 for the first time on the Silverstone track, which is the first opportunity to see a new generation of cars on the track before the start of pre-season testing in Barcelona.

Aston Martin became the third team to complete the presentation of the new F1 car for 2022, but the first to show the real car it will compete with in the new season, ahead of the first track test it will do on Friday..

Sebastian Vettel was handed five place grid penalty for disobeying the yellow flags in the first part of qualifying, but that won’t significantly affect his race as he qualified in a disappointing 18th place.

Sebastian Vettel says he is missing around 100 laps in 2021 F1 pre-season testing due to new Aston Martin car problems, but he is not too worried and thinks there is no point in panicking.

Aston Martin has unveiled its Safety and Medical cars for the new 2021 F1 season, which will alternate with Mercedes cars that will be red from this year for better visibility.

Aston Martin F1 team boss Otmar Szafnauer says their ultimate goal is to fight for the world title, but they are aware that it will take them at least three to five years to achieve that goal.

The Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team has unveiled its F1 team for 2021 and the new AMR21 car in a predominantly dark green color marking the return of the famous British brand to Formula 1 after 1960.

The Austrian company BWT remains the sponsor of Aston Martin's F1 team this year as well, although it was expected that this would not happen due to the change of the main color of the car from pink to dark green and the new main sponsor Cognizant.