The new Aston Martin Vantage S assumes FIA Safety Car duties in Formula 1® –

• Aston Martin Vantage S, essentially the most performance-focused Vantage ever, is completely geared up for the function as an Official FIA Safety Car of Formula 1^®
• Vantage S debuts at this weekend’s FORMULA 1^® HEINEKEN DUTCH GRAND PRIX on the Zandvoort Circuit within the Netherlands
• Aston Martin DBX707 continues as an Official FIA Medical Car of Formula 1^®

 

Friday 29 August 2025, Gaydon, UK: Aston Martin is rising the depth on the entrance of the F1^® grid as the brand new Vantage S turns into an Official FIA Safety Car of Formula 1^®. This newest addition to Aston Martin’s legendary bloodline of high-performance ‘S’ fashions is essentially the most performance-focused Vantage ever created and can make its Formula 1^® 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 high velocity of 202mph – guaranteeing it’s greater than able to main the world’s quickest racing automobiles beneath security automotive situations. 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.

 

Alex Long, Global Marketing Director at Aston Martin, stated: “Vantage S represents the peak of performance for the model that is the beating heart of the Aston Martin brand. 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 terms of brand awareness, nothing can compete with Formula 1^® and we are proud to play our part in what we believe is the greatest show on earth.”

 

The Aston Martin Vantage S embodies the model’s ardour for driving depth. Visually, F1^® followers will see new centrally-mounted bonnet blades to optimise the extraction of scorching air from the ‘hot-V’ configured V8 engine, and a full width decklid spoiler, which will increase rear downforce and helps to maintain the general steadiness of downforce biased to the entrance. This offers Official Safety Car driver Bernd Mayländer distinctive turn-in response and a excessive stage of cornering grip, important when being adopted by arguably the world’s finest racing drivers and machines.

 

Bernd Mayländer, FIA Safety Car Driver, stated: “The introduction of the Vantage S as the Official FIA Safety Car of Formula 1^® represents yet another clear step forward in the Vantage’s performance capability, exhibiting capabilities that further allow me to effectively respond quickly and safely when we receive the call for on-track deployment. I’m delighted to be one of the very first to drive the Vantage S and look forward to experiencing the world’s greatest circuits in the most performance focused Vantage to date.”

 

The Aston Martin Vantage S – painted in the identical Podium Green because the Aston Martin Aramco Formula One^® Team automobiles – is about to turn into an exciting new addition to Formula 1^®, alongside the Aston Martin DBX707, which continues as an Official FIA Medical of Formula 1^®.

 

Safety has by no means regarded – or sounded – so exhilarating.

 

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