- The Aston Martin DBX 707 is the official medical car of the 2023 Formula 1 season.
- The 707-hp SUV comes equipped with a myriad of emergency gear as well as FIA-approved racing seats and harnesses.
- The ’23 F1 World Championship season begins this weekend on Sunday, March 5, where the drugs-equipped DBX 707 will also debut.
Not a single Formula 1 driver wants to be a victim of an accident in this upcoming 2023 season. However, when crashes inevitably happen, medical responders will be driven to the scene in a 707-hp SUV—an Aston Martin DBX 707, to be exact.
The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) announced today that it has named the DBX 707 as the official medical car of the ’23 F1 season, which begins on Sunday 5 March with this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix .
Painted Aston Martin Racing Green and equipped with emergency lights on top, the medical version of the DBX 707 houses the myriad safety gear and other equipment needed to respond to an accident. As expected, that list includes fire extinguishers and a defibrillator, but its passengers can also hear race control communications and access biometric data from drivers. This helps medical responders assess the accident before they arrive.
Aston’s high-powered SUV is driven by a professional driver to ensure emergency crews arrive at the racetrack crash site quickly and safely. All passengers are also accommodated by a set of FIA-approved racing seats with six-point harnesses.
During the last two F1 seasons, the FIA has used the regular 542-hp DBX as the official medical car. However, it is much less powerful than the 707 variant, which has been enhanced with track-ready hardware such as carbon-ceramic brakes and a nine-speed automatic transmission with a wet-clutch pack.
In our testing, the DBX 707 hit 60 mph in 3.1 seconds and ripped through the quarter-mile in 11.5 seconds and 119 mph. Not too shabby for a 5128-pound SUV. And in the hands of a pro Hotshoe, the official FIA version will ensure F1 drivers get medical help as soon as possible when they are in danger.
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