Why Aston Martin is looking at creating its own F1 engine 

Whether you like him or not, seeing Aston Martin develop its own engine thanks to Lawrence's money and engagement would be very interesting. We would have at least 5 engine manufacturers, the last time was during the 90s and some manufacturers' engines back then were real Gp2 engines compared to the Renault and Honda engines. I am looking forward to that eventuality. ✊🏻

Would be interesting seeing more engine manufacturers like the old days

Would love to see the Cosworth name back in F1!

Whatever be the plans for the future this year holds a significant value of how far this team has come from a copy-pasta to a more technically applied f1 team.

Financially, what the F1 engine makers charge per engine is only a fraction of the actual total cost per engine, once all R&D costs have been accounted for.

Yes please. The more engine manufacturers we have, the better. Mercedes' chokehold on F1 needs to be alleviated, and part of that involves other teams moving away from their reliance on Mercedes power units. Not every engine available will be as good, but having more options for teams to choose from will encourage competition and innovation.

That would be good. Then they can actually be the 'British Ferrari' that Lawrence Stroll keeps saying he wants the team to be.

Splitting from Mercedes is sensible if they really wanna be fighting for the championship. Competing with your engine supplier while using the same PU will only create more obstacles (especially if the engine supplier team is at least as competitive as the customer).

Just hope one day Toyota come back. They'd already be at an advantage with their knowledge of hybrids due to wec

I hope to see AMR and McLaren make their own engines . Afterall these are Car manufacturing companies and should have the resources

I love how there's always a pause when they say "Mike Krack". It's hilarious.

Aston Martin Cosworth would be decently cool to see.

This wouldnt necessarily make sense as mercedes benz owns a part of aston martin, and there is a technical partnership even at the road car level. Several aston martin sports cars use AMG engines. If anything, this current partnership is the peak example of f1 relatiomships and road car relationships being pursued to its best degree.

I am an impartial fan of the sport. I pass by the Silverstone AMR construction daily, and its great to see how its evolving. I have no doubt that the team will enjoy great success from all the changes and investment that Stroll and his investors are making. There seems some plausibility in this suggestion that AMR would gain from treading its own path. But given the way in which Stroll operates, might it more probable that he gets a consortium together and simply buys Cosworth at below market value, invests greatly and in time relocates it 14 miles down the A43 to join the then operational new premises. The bigger factor is what plans he has for the road cars, currently wholly dependent on Merc/AMG sourcing. If he want to make an Aston a true iconic brand, then he needs to severe that arrangement. Can Cosworth mass produce enough road car engines to supply the AM sales growth trajectory? Is there further space at Gaydon to build a road car engine plant. Even if its across the road, and they have to push the engines on trollies to the other side via a pelican crossing? (old timers will get this reference) Time will tell - but one thing is for sure. Mr Stroll is not messing about - and this is about more than giving his son something do at weekends. - Be sure, if they are to be challenging for World Championships within 5-years, then they need a big name signing to drive it soon. We know MV is out, Lewis is out, Lando is out, Charles? George? A.N.OTHER?

Knowing that Aston Martin using Mercedes engines even in road vehicles it is interesting to see.

We saw Arrows build their own engine, although it was essentially a Hart engine developed in house if I remember correctly, but that didn't last long. If this report is anything to go by aston probably won't have the resources to fully commit to a complete in house engine project, given how much more investment is needed for a modern f1 engine, but I could see a similar setup to what red bull have now with Honda working for Aston Martin in the long term if they get the right base power unit supply from which to develop.

i always thought this would never happen, due to aston martin having a very strong relationship with Mercedes, with merc owning a part fo aston martin the company and provides engines for the road cars. this would also lose merc's veto power which would concern wolff

I hope that we see more success for Aston Martin, in the near future.

Would of liked to see Prodrive thrown into the mix of assisting AM in building an engine as they were interested in entering into F1 under the Aston Martin name

'IF' making their own engine doesn't deliver preformance and they fall down the grid as a result... the venture could very well end up seeing the team go bust and leaving the sport. It would be a huge and unnecessary risk. If Aston Martin were already an engine manufacturer in either road cars or other race series, it wouldn't be a bad idea, but they don't!!

In an ideal world, if I was a car manufacturer trying show off my products and try to convince the public our team has quality vehicles, I think if I wasn't using my own engines then it would mean that I don't believe in my own engines. So as a fan I'd like to see an Astin Martin engine in an Astin Martin race car

Wow. I am amazed on how dramatically things will change 2026. All the old greats are coming back I hope.

Don't think AMR needs an engine - arguably the hardest part of the car, rather internal stability and a strong pair of drivers. Big announcements and big hirings alone do not win championships. The point on RBR is bad worded because there is no proof that RBR will not have another engine in the mid-long term

I think it would be great for British business if Aston Martin and Cosworth joined forces. A move away from German brand Mercedes could be a commercial and financial boon for the British F1 team. An F1 partnership could also path the way for Cosworth to become Aston's road car engine supplier in the future but that would depend on what deal the road car division already has with Mercedes AMG. Aston's next generation of road cars will be sustainably fuelled internal combustion hybrids and having an engine partner who is prototyping hybrid technology inside an Aston F1 car would be perfect. Mercedes will always just be an engine supplier to Aston for both F1 and road so if Lawrence Stroll really wants to own a world championship winning team I think he should join forces with Cosworth or Volswagen but I would love to see Cosworth back in F1 and possibly back in road cars.

It would be great if Aston Martin Chose to develop it's own engine for the 2026 season because Red Bull, Back in the 2020 season used Aston Martin as it's sponsor. I don't know whether they used that company to run the engines of Aston Martin, but looking at the pace that Red Bull had back then, it would be a great decision to develop an Aston Martin engine for the upcoming 2026 season.

Cosworth back in F1 would be amazing…!

While as of now it is speculative, would be awesome to have more competitions in the engine manufacturers (and more teams, if the Andrettis manage to enter before 2026)

Scott cracks me up 3 = "Free" and "Haych" for H. Good video. Stroll needs an extra billion for this.

This is very interesting. Looking forward to how it plays out for them. Nice video. Keep up the good work.

The BSC Consulting Group have suggested the FIA should be looking at planning now a MX Extreme E race in post conflct Ukrain with the Eurpean Contruction fund.

I highly doubt this one, the partnership w/ merc greatly affects the roadgoing aston, and from a business stand of point, itsnot economical for them to add another headache to their already challenging 2022 season start

It makes sense. Customer teams are at an automatic disadvantage to a works team. A customer team has never won a WCC over its engine manufacturers' works team.

I'm excited about this. F1 needs more engine manufacturers.

F1 can be a lot more interesting if FIA eases the restrictions for new teams or manufacturers to enter the sport. F1 is way too interested in keeping it basically a rich boys sport.

I like the idea of having more engine manufacturers on the grid. I think it would really improve competition overall.

Building their own engine would bankrupt Aston Martin F1 or put them at the back of the grid.

It's one thing to develop a PU, it's another to develop one that's capable of winning championships. As cool as this would be, Aston already has a solid PU supplied to them, they should focus on learning how to build fast cars 1st and then move on to that. It's not like Aston doesn't already have close relationships with Mercedes outside of F1, it's probably a little early to be thinking about that, besides, if they were serious, resources would have to be, being moved towards it yesterday, in order to be competitive. I like Stroll's ambition but this is F1, even with budget caps, it's still big fish at this stage.

I like the BRG color that still manages to have advertisers tastefully included.

How could they do that? The roadcars are 70% AMG Mercedes, too.

Not to hate or anything, but aren't you guys also sponsored by Aramco? Will you be objective about the AM team when analyzing its 2022 season?

Best chance would be to collaborate with a engine suplier that doesnt have a race team, like Honda. No way Aston has enough know-how to make a competitive engine.

Glad you mentioned Cosworth, it saves me the effort of writing a reply.

More engine diversity in F1 can only be a good thing for the sport. Different philosophies, more diverse car concepts that could grow from that keeps the variety and entertainment high and with the new cost regs can only see it being more appealing to manufacturers to enter. Especially as developing high end hybrid and electrical engines looks to draw on tech f1 is pioneering.

after all, it would be great to see some new engine manufaturers for some diversity and more competition on that side as well. I'm curious to see how this is going to go. As always, thanks very much for the information you provide, always the best!!

I like the Cosworth suggestion. I'd love to see them, and Lotus, involved in F1 again.

If Andretti does gets a team on the grid, a German-American partnership would be a pretty good thing to have. Add Haas in and have 2 German-American Teams on the Grid if Gene Haas would want to go all in.

Sorry, but with a precedent like Jaguar I don't really trust Cosworth anymore. And AM at the moment is making road cars with Merc engines, so for them in particular escape Merc's orbit is an hard task. Am more concerned on where the AMR22 is(will be) in the field, infos about them regarding the tests seems scarce and that sidepods concept I wouldn't like to see it fail. And I would like to see Vet winning again, especially after the Red MeatGrinder made him its last victim(Leclerc and Sainz not on that run. Yet.). And(why not?) let's see if Stroll developed skills for real, like his wet pole in Turkey or his podium at Monza in the Williams Martini.

I think it would be a great thing to see more manufacturers and more importantly more engine designers stepping up into F1. Im sure its no small task by any means but as a fan I would love to see the grid expand in all directions.

I think this year will show if they can make a competitive car. If their car sucks this year their own motor will not make much of a difference.However if their car is competitive it maybe a good idea to make their own motor.

If it does happen it would be amazing

I see that you did there leaving in the quote "We have Aramco..."

Could this be a venture with Red Bull Powertrains, badged as VW or Porsche?

I don't care about what people say about Lawrence Stroll and his money to have a seat in F1 for his son. He is genuinely passionate about racing and seriously committed and heavily invested in Aston Martin. And Lance is actually a very good and talented driver

Mike Krack what a name!

Cosworth is definitely no joke. I always thought that McLaren should team up with cosworth and make an engine for their car but any team that does it with them would be lucky because they're very good at what they do.

I have no idea if they'll come to fruition but AM seems to have a really promising future within the next 5-6 years. I just want Seb to be a part of it. I hope he doesn't follow his idol's footsteps. Michael helped a lot when they were building the team and he left before he can enjoy his work's success. I truly hope Seb stays long enough to enjoy AM's glory days, if there'll ever be one.

Aston Martin since a long time ago hasn’t got good enough engines, they have the necessity to evolve their power unit section. F1 has got high standards, a environment like that is the best to the purpose they have now.

Beautifull F1 car !!

Cosworth are providing the engines for both Gordon Murray's cars

This isn’t the ‘old days’ where there was 6 to 8 naturally aspirated engine manufacturers. These are the most ridiculously complicated ‘power units’, beyond the comprehension of most. I expect even RB to fail when they take on the task.

I wish the regulations would be lifted with the spending cap in place so innovation would thrive and the cars more competitive. Being the fan of a particular brand would mean alot more IMO. That is what ultimately killed NASCAR, a lack of drivers with personality and essentially spec cars.

Can you guys make a video on the 2026 engine changes, if there’s any info available?

It seems odd that the three customer teams apparently thinking about switching PU supplier are all currently using what’s probably still the best PU on the grid. Although I guess Alpha Tauri, Alfa, and Haas are all a lot more closely linked with their PU supplier than these three are to Mercedes.

Let’s just hope we do get a mix of makers again as that’s what’s f1s about I think

Yes Please, I would love this to happen, More Engines means the Strangle Hold of the Big 3 Manufacturers in F1 ends

How would that affect the roadcar business as they use a lot of Merc parts and engines?

Lol, Mike Krack still gets me

Would love to see another engine manufacturer

Do Xtrac still supply F1 gearboxes?

I think this should only be a concern if they’re stuck in 2nd behind Merc every year, and that’s a long way off yet

switching to an in-house engine would lead to better integration in my opinion and would be better to have more diffrent engines on the grid if VW group decides to enter F1

Bro my guy Lawrence gets a new team every tine I look

No denying Mercedes customer teams have been doing well from the partnerships. But I have to question if they'd ever be allowed to come in front of the works team? I think if Aston Martin want to be world champions, they need to be in control of their engines.

Question: Is it possible to become WCC without in-house engine manufacturing?

5:31 what is that mercedes livery?

Would be great to have a grid of different engines

The name Mike Crack always crack me up lmao 🤣

Mike crack yeah

The more manufacturers the better. I’m not sure cosworth would be up to it though

Great content! No team controversy just good reporting. Thanks

Merzedes Benz is the second largest shareholder of AML and is expanding the ownership to 20% which is only slightly behind Stroll's 21% and the AML CEO is a Mercedes guy. This is not happening.

Hope they do this. Also how can f1 be trying to tempt VW but be sceptical about Andretti, Andretti would bring in millions more fans than another German car company

this is a massively smart move why a OEM doesn't build own engine baffles me..... McLaren should have been doing this for year now

Aramco, never heard of them.

Also see Alpine

How it should be. Weird that Aston or mclauren don’t make their own engine. Isn’t that the point of being a racing team.

Porsche, Audi, Aston Martin, Mercedes, Honda and Renault each with an own manufactured engine and team would be so neat in the Championship.

…very careful pronunciation of “Mike Krack” 👀🤣👏

Just use smaller version of valkyrie v12.

yes!

Would love to see the cars James Bond'ed

Be interesting, it maybe a victim of it’s own success. Gets bigger and more competitive and then they are left with the issue of having a weak driver possibly in Stroll if he’s still there. Big investment will want high spec drivers. Mazepin wouldn’t have a seat in HASS if his Dad wasn’t the sponsor and I also think Mick Schumacher would have gone quite a bit ago too if he didn’t have that name. Constantly evolving sport.

Aston Martin Cosworth just makes sense. They both even have Ford history ... which wouldn't surprise me if Ford is hiding in the shadows of such a tie up.

Hmm... Since F1 engines have little to do with the cars we drive, it would be interesting if Aston Martin teamed up with Red bull, to make F1 engines for the 3 teams...

Yes!!!!

mike krack.....classic name

This is what we want to see . Then let's have a engine war !!!

A new engine (when there are already 4 for only 10 competitors) but we can't get a couple new teams....

McLaren Audi omfg make it happen, make it happen asap. That is a partnership that would wipe the floor with all comers.

At least he's putting his money where his mouth is. I can't take to him as a person for some reason, but I admire his dedication to the cause.