Aston Martin’s new and upgraded Safety Car for the 2024 F1 season ha♏s broken cover for the first time du♒ring pre-season testing in Bahrain.

While most of the attention has been focused on the 10 F1 teams’ latest challengers on the first day of testing in Bahrain, the British sports car manufacturer also caught the e🐠ye with the introduction of a newly upgraded Safety Car for the upcoming season.

The new Vantage model features revised bodywork and a significant upgrade in terms of power, boasting 656bhp - an increase on the previous 150bhp - thanks 🀅to bigger turbochargers.

It was seen for the first time in the pit lane on the opening day of pre-season test🎉ing in Bahrain, sporting a 🍸dazzling green and black camouflage livery.

The upgraded Safety Car is set to debut at the 2024 Sa💃udi Arabian Grand Prix, Motorsport report.

The more powerful machine should please reigning champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, who likened the previous Aston Martin model to a turtle aꦚt the 2022 Australian Grand Prix.

"ꦇT♌he safety car was driving so slow, it was like a turtle. Unbelievable,” Verstappen said.

"To drive 140 [km/h] 🎐on the back straight, there was not a damaged car, so I don't understand why we have to drive so slowly. We have to investigate.

"For sure, the Mercedes safety car is faster because of the extra aero, because this Aston Martin is really slow. It definitely needs more grip, 🥃because our tyres were stone cold.

"It's pretty terrible the way we are driving behi🌳nd the safet🀅y car at the moment.”

Mercedes also supply a Safety Car - a 720bhp AMG GTꦯ Black Series sports car - whicꦆh has alternated with the Aston Martin Vantage at races since the 2021 F1 season.