Aston Martin has confirmed the signing of Adrian Newey, ending months of hypothesis about the way forward for the legendary designer.
Newey will be a part of the crew as managing technical companion, but additionally a shareholder as nicely – a primary for him in his almost-40-year F1 profession, which has additionally included championship-winning stints with Williams and McLaren within the Nineties and 2000s.
“I’m thrilled to be becoming a member of the Aston Martin Aramco Method One Group,” mentioned Newey. “I’ve been massively impressed and impressed by the eagerness and dedication that Lawrence brings to all the things he’s concerned with. Lawrence is set to create a world-beating crew. He’s the one majority crew proprietor who’s actively engaged within the sport.
“His dedication is demonstrated within the growth of the brand new AMR Expertise Campus and wind tunnel at Silverstone, which aren’t solely cutting-edge however have a format that creates an amazing setting to work in.
“Along with nice companions like Honda and Aramco, they’ve all the important thing items of infrastructure wanted to make Aston Martin a world championship-winning crew and I’m very a lot wanting ahead to serving to attain that objective.”
Newey’s signing is the most recent assertion of intent by the crew led by Lawrence Stroll, which moved into a brand new manufacturing facility final season, is at present constructing a brand new wind tunnel and has signed a manufacturing facility engine cope with Honda which is able to start in 2026. Aston Martin additionally signed Newey’s former Crimson Bull colleague Dan Fallows as technical director and former Mercedes engine firstly of 2022 and Andy Cowell as Group CEO earlier this 12 months.
“That is large information. Adrian is one of the best on this planet at what he does – he’s on the high of his recreation – and I’m extremely proud that he’s becoming a member of Aston Martin,” mentioned Stroll. “It’s the largest story for the reason that Aston Martin identify returned to the game and one other demonstration of our ambition to construct a Method 1 crew able to preventing for world championships. As quickly as Adrian turned obtainable, we knew we needed to make it occur.”
Stroll mentioned that he made the transfer to signal Newey after his exit from Crimson Bull was publicly introduced in April.
“Our preliminary conversations confirmed that there was a shared want to collaborate in a once-in-a-lifetime alternative. Adrian is a racer and one of the vital aggressive folks I’ve ever met.
“When he noticed what we now have constructed at Silverstone – our unimaginable AMR Expertise Campus, the proficient group of individuals we now have assembled and the most recent wind tunnel within the sport – he shortly understood what we try to attain.
“We imply enterprise – and so does he. Adrian shares our starvation and ambition, he believes on this venture, and he’ll assist us write the subsequent chapter in Aston Martin’s Method 1 story.”
Newey-designed automobiles have gained 12 Constructors’ titles and 13 Drivers’ titles since 1992 for Williams, McLaren, and Crimson Bull, with Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill, Jacques Villenueve, Mika Hakkinen, Sebastian Vettel, and Max Verstappen among the many drivers which have taken his automobiles to the championship.
And whereas the transfer to Aston Martin represents a contemporary problem for him in F1, it isn’t a completely new relationship, with Newey having heavy involvement within the firm’s Valkyrie hypercar venture when it was aligned with Crimson Bull.
