2022 Aston Martin Vantage F1 Edition: A Sharper Edge : compa

2022 Aston Martin Vantage F1 Edition: A Sharper Edge
Mike Duff
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Updates to Aston's Formula 1–inspired Vantage go beyond its stickers and stripes.
Many road cars have been created around often tenuous connections to motorsports, their uniqueness frequently running no deeper than stickers and graphics. On the surface, the new Aston Martin Vantage F1 Edition, with its carefully trademarked logos and an optional stem-to-stern racing stripe, fits this mold. But dive deeper and there's actual substance to this updated Vantage, including a handful of mechanical changes that meaningfully sharpen its driving experience.
We drove the car in England and got to experience it on both the road and racetrack, the latter being the dinky 1.1-mile Stowe circuit at Silverstone that Aston uses for high-speed testing. The Vantage F1 Edition was developed alongside the company's full-blown Vantage safety car that is helping to maintain order at Formula 1 events this year. The roadgoing version sports a similarly broad rear wing and, in another Formula 1 connection, is available in the same shade of green used by the company's racing team. It has also gained a new front-end treatment, with horizontal strakes filling what was previously the black void of the standard car's grille, as well as new 21-inch wheels. Commemorative plaques aside, the interior is largely unchanged, but the Vantage F1 gains motorsport-inspired black and gray microfiber trim with bright-yellow accents.

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