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Aston Martin: We weren't interested in F1 'marketing scam'

Aston Martin says its decision to enter F1 with Red Bull as part of a wider technology partnership was prompted by it not wanting to get involved in a 'marketing scam' of just putting stickers on a car. The British sportscar manufacturer held advanced talks with Force India last year when an initial plan to tie up with Red Bull had appeared to fall through. But despite some thought being given to a deal with Johnnie Walker that could have led to the creation of Aston Martin Racing, the talks collapsed at the end of last year. Instead, Aston Martin has just announced an innovation partnership with Red Bull to help create a fast Adrian Newey-designed hyper-car  that it hopes can lap tracks...
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