Aston Martin’s new and upgraded Safety Car for the 2024 F1 season has broken cover for the first time duringღ 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 eye 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 turꦿbochargers.

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

The upgraded Safe⛄ty Car is set to debut at the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Motorsport repꦛort.

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 mo♛del to a turtle at the 2022 Australian Grand Prix.

ꦯ"The safety car was driving so slow, it wa🔜s like a turtle. Unbelievable,” Verstappen said.

"To drive 14🥃0 [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 o♕ur tyres𝔉 were stone cold.

"It's pretty terrible the way we are driving be▨hind the safety car at the moment.”

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