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‘Mercedes and Aston Martin are going to share safetycar- tasks’
- GPblog.com
Mercedes has been supplying the safety car used during Formula 1 weekends since 1996. However, according to various sources, this could change next year.
New Concorde Agreement
Next year the new Concorde agreement will enter into force and would be accompanied by a revised agreement with Mercedes on the safetycar, reports include Motorsport.com. Although the decision is not yet final, Mercedes and Aston Martin would share the task of the safety car from 2021.
Sharing the financial burden
The use of the safety car would then be shared equally between the two manufacturers so that the financial burden would also be shared. Especially now that next year's Formula 1 calendar has no fewer than 23 races.
Mercedes has been supplying exclusively the official F1 safetycar since 1996, which originally started with a Mercedes-AMG C36 and is currently using a Mercedes-AMG GT R. The safetycar is driven by Bernd Maylander. The medical car is an AMG C 63 S Estate, which is driven by Alan van der Merwe.