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Aston Martin F1 factory delayed by a year

Aston Martin's new Formula 1 factory will be delayed by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, Racing Point team boss Otmar Szafnauer has confirmed. Aston Martin will enter F1 next season after Racing Point team owner Lawrence Stroll invested in the British supercar manufacturer, which will take over the Silverstone-based team for 2021 as a marketing platform. The team was due to get a brand new 'much-needed' factory in the middle of next year, but with the pandemic shutting the world down for several months, the decision has been taken to delay the entire project by a full year. 'We were on a tight timeframe anyway,' Szafnauer explained to the F1 Nation podcast. 'We had to break...
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