WHY ASTON IS STROLLING INTO F1

摘要

Wondering why a troubled car maker is going racing? So are we. Aston Martin will enter Formula 1 in 2021, but why? On the face of it, the plan to invest in what's by far the most expensive form of motorsport is hard to square with the gathering flow of dreadful financial news that has gushed from the company in the past year. Dropping car sales, falling revenues, a plummeting share price after what now seems an ill-conceived public flotation and now the coronavirus crisis have pushed Aston Martin close to the brink - only for Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll to pull it back from the edge.