The Safety Car will be Mercedes only, the Aston Martin Vantage out

The news The news comes from The Race newspaper, which has learned that Mercedes will be the sole supplier of the Safety Cars and medical cars for the 2026 Formula 1 world championship. In fact, Aston Martin will no longer bring the Vantage into the paddock which alternated with Mercedes in recent seasons. In fact, since 2021 the British brand had made its supercar available for Formula 1, initially encountering various criticisms because it was heavier and less powerful than the Mercedes AMG GT Black Series, so much so that at the 2022 Australian Grand Prix it was addressed by Max Verstappen as the “green turtle”. We will continue with Mercedes We will therefore continue with Mercedes, which has been supplying Formula 1 with the Safety Car since 1996, and from 2022 with the AMG GT Black Series model. The medical car is instead a Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S, equipped with an acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h of 3.2 seconds.
The reasons for Aston Martin’s withdrawal are not known.