Aston Martin considered joining Formula 1 in the coming years, but the company canceled those plans due to Liberty Media's decision not to introduce more powerful engines.
The American owners of Formula 1, after taking the lead in the World Championship, were keen on reforming the Royal Races in order to increase competition between the teams.
One of the directions of this work was the plans to introduce new regulations on engines.
Aston Martin has repeatedly expressed interest in returning to Formula 1 (British cars entered the start of the World Championship in 1959-60) as a supplier of engines in case of a change in technical regulations.
But after Liberty Media's plans were postponed indefinitely, the British abandoned their intentions and will continue to be present in F1 solely as the title sponsor of Red Bull.
“When things were going to change the rules, we really thought about creating our own engine for Formula 1,” said Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer in a comment to Reuters. "But then Liberty Media changed their previous intentions and continued to work with the current engine, so we canceled our own plans."
There are currently four powertrain manufacturers in F1 - Mercedes, Ferrari, Renault and Honda. - and FIA President Jean Todt said that his priority is to preserve existing manufacturers, and not to search for new ones.
“My priority is to make sure we keep all four,” Todt said. - I always said that it would be unfair to tell them: "Well, we decided to change everything, let's build new engines."
But what about the investments they've been making over the years? Do we want to completely change the rules to bring in one or two more manufacturers?
This is one of the reasons why there was no engine revolution. If we keep these four manufacturers, it will be a great achievement."
