It’s now official: Adrien Newey token for Aston MartinThe British team announced it this Tuesday during a press conference called at 12:00, during which the most anticipated announcement by many Spanish racing fans was confirmed. Formula 1. And the highest rated engineer on the grid will join his paths with those of Fernando Alonsoa pilot with whom he always wanted to work and vice versa. It will be from the first quarter of 2025 that English will enter the infrastructures of Silver Stone to get to work on your new adventure.
It was precisely its factory that was one of the reasons that tipped the balance in favour of Aston MartinA visit a few months ago dazzled Neweywho from September 10th is part of the British team. We must now wait six months of gardeningthat is, the mandatory period from your separation from Red Bull to his new job.
It is estimated that in March, a few days before the start of the next WorldNewey arrives with one of the most famous notebooks in the world and begins to exercise his role as technical advisor, which he will combine with the development of the 2026 car. Let us recall that this will be designed according to the adjustments imposed by the new F1 Regulations which will come into force the same year.
What Newey And Alonso It was an impossible love that, despite the multiple attempts made by Red Bull at the time to get the Spaniard, never came to fruition. It would be next year, 20 years after the Austrians entered the grid, that their paths would cross in the hope that both would realize their dream of winning their third championship.
His role at Silverstone
And Alonso and Aston Martin are waiting like the rain in May for Newey to arrive. The green cars are going through their worst moment of the World Cup, stuck in fifth position in the constructors’ category and threatened by other rising teams like Alpine, Williams And haasThat said, the arrival of the Red Bull guru is a breath of fresh air for the adjustments of the 2025 car and, above all, in the manufacture of the 2026 car.
Newey’s signing does not mean that he will completely design the car for this season, a season in which almost everything is uncertain and in which what will happen is unpredictable. That is why the main architect of the seven cars that won the constructors’ titles with Red Bull will use this first championship with the new rules as a lesson and will have the same role that he has played for some years now in Milton Keynes.
Newey will oversee every detail of this car during its construction, a vehicle currently in beta phase and whose first sketches have already been made. Let us recall that the team members will not be able to work with it under any circumstances before January 2025, according to F1 regulations.
Who is Newey, Aston Martin’s star signing
Adrien Newey (Stratford-upon-Avon, United KingdomDecember 26, 1958) is a British aerodynamicist who worked in F1 and IndyCar as a racing engineer and technical director, achieving success in both categories. The Englishman is the most important designer of recent times thanks to his achievements at Williams (1991-1996), McLaren (1997-2005) and Red Bull (2006-2024), winning 12 constructors’ titles and 14 drivers’ titles.
How much will you charge?
His salary, according to the latest information, could be around 25 million euros per year with a four-year contract. With his arrival, the cherry on the cake would be placed on a brutal British project, led by Laurent PromenadeCanadian team owner and father of driver Lance Stroll, recently strengthened by the signings of Enrico Cardile And Andy Cowell.
