WATCH: Sebastian Vettel Takes Aston Martin’s Glorious 2022 F1 Challenger for a Spin at Silverstone

The Aston Martin F1 team revealed their 2022 AMR22 livery at a grand launch event in Lagonda Gaydon headquarters on Thursday. Not only that, they became the first team to take to the track with its all-new contender. Driver duo Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel took the wheel of AMR 2022 to have a run at their home track of Silverstone.

The 2022 season comes with a major overhaul in the regulations, the biggest one since 1983. This obviously has given rise to a lot of uncertainty, which has just added to the excitement of the fans. Aston Martin has seen a tremendous rise in the last few years, establishing itself as one of the stronger midfield teams. This season they will look forward to flying higher than ever.

During the 2021 season, the team successfully scored two podium finishes, one of which got scrapped due to fuel irregularities. Team owner Lawrence Stroll is leaving no stones unturned to take his team to the top. With a balanced lineup of experienced Vettel and upcoming star Stroll, the team is looking good to pull off a masterpiece soon.

Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll take the wheel of the 2022 Aston Martin F1 car

The FIA permitted all the team for a 100 km run with their new F1 machines. Aston Martin grabbed this opportunity to field the first 2022 car on the track. They also used the first of its two permitted filming days during the season as soon as Friday morning. In a recent clip that surfaced on the internet through the team’s official handles, the AMR22 could be seen gracing the historical Silverstone track with its high-speed antics.

During the car launch, Vettel said he was very excited to take the wheel of this incredible machine. And as we all know, he didn’t have to wait long. Find the video of these exciting scenes all the way from Silverstone below.

Andy Green, Chief Technical Officer at the Aston Martin team, gave the reasoning for this early showdown. In an interview reported the day before AMR22 took on Silverstone, he said, “We’re shaking down tomorrow and really what we wanted to do is shakedown as early as possible to check the systems out on the car and give us some time between shakedown and the Barcelona test.

“So that is the reason for shaking down tomorrow, so we have time to react. Hopefully, we’ll have a good shakedown tomorrow and there’s nothing to react to,” added Green.

Now, after some changes at the top, the team is going into this thrilling season with high optimism; Mick Krack has replaced Otmar Szafnauer in the team as team principal.

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