Andy Palmer was born several years after Aston Martin's first entry into F1 -- which is probably just as well. The British motor company's CEO and President will not recall first hand how dithering by Aston Martin led to a disastrous association with grand prix racing in 1959 and 1960. But the fact that Palmer is not in a hurry to become an independent F1 engine manufacturer has nothing to do with his firm's history of indecisiveness.
Aston Martin, as we know, has strengthened its hypercar link with Red Bull by becoming title sponsor in 2018. Meanwhile, the decision to travel down the engine route for 2021 will rightly be predicated on F1's ability to agree on a power unit that is much cheaper and less complicated than the present techno conglomeration than doesn't even sound attractive.