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The new Aston Martin Vantage S turns into the Official FIA Safety Car of F1.
The newest addition to Aston Martin’s legendary bloodline of high-performance ‘S’ fashions is probably the most performance-focused Vantage ever created and can make its F1 debut on the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort this weekend.
With its hand-built 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 producing 680PS and 800Nm of torque, this specially-equipped Vantage S delivers blistering tempo – 0-62mph in simply 3.4 seconds and a prime velocity of 202mph – guaranteeing it’s greater than able to main the world’s quickest racing automobiles below Safety Car circumstances.
Additional aerodynamic upgrades, together with a brand new rear deck spoiler and the common additions such because the FIA lightbar have been engineered for optimum stability and visibility throughout deployment.
“Vantage S represents the peak of performance for the model that is the beating heart of the Aston Martin brand,” says Aston Martin Global Marketing Director Alex Long.
“With increased power and even greater dynamic prowess, this car was destined to take on the prestigious role as an F1 Safety Car and it will be a source of great pride for our colleagues and our customers to see it leading the pack whenever it is called upon.
“In phrases of brand name consciousness, nothing can compete with F1 and we’re proud to play our half in what we imagine is the best present on earth.”
The Aston Martin Vantage S embodies the brand’s passion for driving intensity. Visually, F1 fans will see new centrally-mounted bonnet blades to optimise the extraction of hot air from the ‘hot-V’ configured V8 engine, and a full width decklid spoiler, which increases rear downforce and helps to keep the overall balance of downforce biased to the front. This gives Official Safety Car driver Bernd Mayländer exceptional turn-in response and a high level of cornering grip, essential when being followed by arguably the world’s best racing drivers and machines.
“The introduction of the Vantage S because the Official FIA Safety Car of F1 represents one more clear step ahead within the Vantage’s efficiency functionality, exhibiting capabilities that additional enable me to successfully reply shortly and safely once we obtain the decision for on-track deployment,” says Bernd Mayländer.
“I’m delighted to be one of many very first to drive the Vantage S and look ahead to experiencing the world’s best circuits in probably the most performance-focused Vantage to date.”
The Aston Martin Vantage S – painted in the same green as the Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team cars – is set to become a thrilling new addition to F1, alongside the Aston Martin DBX707, which continues as an Official FIA Medical of F1.
Safety has never looked – or sounded – so exhilarating.
Discover Vantage S, here.
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