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I believe that Lewis only has a couple of years left mind.... and given that right now he has a lifetime as a Mercedes brand ambassador ahead of him, it would be a little short sighted to jump ship at the end of his career.

Alfa F1 Team is based in Switzerland, and Alpha Tauri (formerly Toro Rosso) is based in Italy too. But yup the vast majority of F1 expertise/personnel/factories are central UK 'Motorsport Valley'... with AML bang in the middle of it.

Yuo pretty much Tiptree. The teams all make their own chassis but with the engines/drivetrain there are just 4 manufacturers... who then supply multiple teams to help fund the development.

The interesting thing here with AML is that Toto Wolff being a shareholders of Mercedes F1 and now investing in AML... is that Mercedes powertrain division will supply Aston Martin F1 team with their engines - as it does now to the team, currently called Racing Point. Which in turn is owned by a consortium headed by AML shareholder Lawrence Stroll. Stroll and Wolff in bed together implies a LOT! IMHO. It's not just 'follow the money' now... there's a huge amount of expertise and reputation in there too.

I don't think that anyone should wish for AML to have an actual engineering operation in F1 - it's a hiding to nothing! And would take a decade of building and investment. Remember AML don't even make their own road car engines. F1 is that complicated that even McLaren don't make their own engines!
Having their name above the door of what is known to be the best performing F1 team related to budget on the grid, has to be a good idea. If the intelligent folk on here 'assume' the technical relationship between AML and the Aston badged F1 team, then so will the majority of the public. The marketing impact for the brand and experiential goodwill will be monumental, and a bargain at the price. Part of my work is inside F1 Paddock Clubs around the world... and the way Ferrari and McLaren leverage road car PR from F1 is incredible, their VIP suites filled with their road car collectors.
F1 heavyweight of Toto Wolff buying in personally, with all his inside info and experience, is all anyone should need as a statement of intent. IMHO.