Aston Martin plans to demolish its former headquarters, which has been used by Formula 1 teams since 1991, next year.
The old foundations are being demolished for Aston Martin’s new facility, which will cost up to £200 million.
Racing boss Eddie Jordan commissioned the creation of the factory in 1990, which sits across the street from the British Grand Prix venue Silverstone.
It was used by Jordan from the team’s debut from 1991 until the end of 2005 when it was sold to the Midland Group. In the year Martin.
Cars designed and built by the factory have won five Grand Prix. The first It was followed by the Belgian Grand Prix in 1998, the French and Italian races in 1999. The victory completed Jordan after four years in Brazil, and the team did not taste success until 2020, according to Racing Point, at the Sakhir Grand Prix.
Aston Martin’s project manager for building new facilities at Silverstone and demolishing the old one, Guy Austin, explained how that will proceed in a video released by the team.
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“I was following design and construction. [of the original factory] For Eddie Jordan in 1990. So what is the plan here? Well, since we moved to building one [the new factory]”We’re going to knock this out next summer, which will be a sad day in many ways,” he said.
“We will replace it with a new building. And what happens in that building? Well, we’re going to have our staff restaurant in there, we’re going to have our gym for staff, fitness studio, big space for logistics with all the fly runs we have these days. Logistics is a nightmare, so we need a lot of space to pack and unpack, and our simulator is stepping into that.”
Aston Martin’s new facility will be spread over three buildings. “All three buildings are connected by bridges, so our employees don’t have to go out in the wind and winter,” Austin said. But it would be a very long walk from one end to the other. It will be 400 meters from one end of our campus to the other.”
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