Team engineering boss Luca Furbatto insists Aston Martin's 2023 car is not a 'copy' of the dominant Red Bull. Aston Martin stunned the Formula 1 paddock this year by emerging as the most competitive team after Red Bull – ahead of usual top teams Mercedes and Ferrari. Some have alleged that the 2023 car is a copy of Red Bull's. 'In reality, a copy is not possible because the two cars have two fundamentally different architectures,' Furbatto told the Spanish daily Marca. 'We are using a power unit, gearbox and rear suspension from Mercedes.' Indeed, Aston Martin poached Mercedes' top aerodynamicist Eric Blandin, while new technical director Dan Fallows came from Red Bull. 'It's fair to...
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