Aston Martin has decided to use the AMR25 as a kind of laboratory to establish proper correlation between the new infrastructure—particularly the wind tunnel—and the track, aiming to be fully prepared for 2026, when new technical regulations will come into force.
Andy Cowell, Team Principal and CEO of Aston Martin Racing, confirmed this plan while speaking during the Miami Grand Prix held over the past weekend.
“One thing we are determined to do is improve our correlation. So yes, we’ll be releasing some parts on track, some of which will be more for testing than actual final updates. You’ll see that in the upcoming races. But we are determined to go ahead…”
“There’s a lot of effort going into the 2026 car, so with the resources we have, we don’t want to waste them. We don’t want to waste 2025 resources either. And we are really, really keen to make sure we improve the toolset we have and the approaches we use. So I suspect these are the reasons why the season looks a bit different from a typical one.”
It won’t just be a matter of correlating infrastructure, tools, and track performance. From the second half of the current season onward, the AMR25 will become a real testbed, fitted with components intended for next year’s car. According to engineers in Silverstone, this is the best way to be ready by the end of January, when the first winter tests will take place in Barcelona.
“There are some technologies intended for the AMR26 that will be trialed in races on the 25,” Cowell confirmed. “The only way to know something is ready to race is for it to have raced and worked. So we’re using the 25 to deeply test these new technologies. And you’ll see that in the second half of the season.”
“But we’re working on some aerodynamic and vehicle dynamic aspects that we want to introduce on this car in order to fine-tune the tools we have in a relatively young team that is now operating with equipment that the big teams have had for decades.”
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