Aston Martin co-owner and government chairman Lawrence Stroll says he hopes to safe Adrian Newey’s companies and is “very excited” by the prospect, as he has been chasing the legendary designer for a lot of years.
Newey (pictured above) introduced his plans to depart from Purple Bull after almost twenty years earlier this 12 months, with the 65-year-old then taking a while off to guage his subsequent transfer. He has been linked with a lot of Method 1 groups since information of his availability broke, however the almost definitely locations had been believed to be Aston Martin and Ferrari, and Stroll advised the Bloomberg information company he believes a deal is shut.
“I actually hope so,” Stroll stated when requested if Newey could be becoming a member of Aston Martin. “Adrian and I’ve been speaking not just for months however truly for years.
“Adrian is clearly probably the most proficient and gifted particular person in Method 1 based mostly on his observe file and historical past, along with being a hell of a gentleman. So I’d be very excited for Adrian to hitch our crew, as I feel each different Method 1 crew on the grid would really feel precisely the identical.”
When it was put to Stroll that he has been pulling out all the stops to safe Newey, the Aston Martin proprietor added: “You possibly can undoubtedly assume that.”
Newey’s arrival at Aston Martin could possibly be introduced as early as subsequent week, with Aston Martin having scheduled a press convention at its headquarters on Tuesday forward of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
The Purple Bull chief technical officer is because of proceed working along with his present crew till the top of this season, leaving his place within the first quarter of 2025 however sustaining hyperlinks by way of his RB17 street automobile venture that was unveiled on the Goodwood Competition of Pace earlier this summer time.
Aston Martin is at present fifth within the F1 constructors’ championship with 74 factors, 40 away from RB in sixth however over 200 factors adrift of Mercedes in fourth, and has secured only one top-five end all season.
On Tuesday the crew introduced what it described as “a major milestone in its preparation for the brand new 2026 F1 rules” within the type of a technical collaboration settlement signed Aston Martin and its key companions Aramco, Honda and Valvoline. The crew says the collaboration “goals to leverage every of the world-class companions’ experience and expertise to create the very best alternatives” from the beginning of the brand new F1 rules in 2026.
