Aston Martin’s new and upgraded Safety Car for the 2024 F1 season has broken cover for the first time during pre-season tes🅠ting in Bahrain.

While most of the attention has been focused on the 10 F🐎1 teams’ latest challengers on the first day of testing in Bahrain, the British sports car manufa♐cturer 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 150b𓄧hp - thanks to bigger turbochargers.

It ✤was seen for the first time in the pit lane on the opening day of pre-season testing i♒n Bahrain, sporting a dazzling green and black camouflage livery.

The upgraded Safety Car is set to debut at the 2024 Saudi Arabia💃n 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 ꦗMartin model to a turtle at the 2🔯022 Australian Grand Prix.

"The safety car was driving so slow, it was like a turtle. Unbeli♋evable,” Verstappen said.

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

"For sure, the M💃ercedes safety car is faster because of the extra aero, because this Aston Martin is really slow. It defini🉐tely needs more grip, because our tyres were stone cold.

"It's𝐆 pretty terrib🦩le the way we are driving behind the safety car at the moment.”

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