Adrien Newey He arrives at Aston Martin as a star signing. The best engineer in Formula 1 will take the reins of the project to build a winning car in 2026. His salary has been much discussed in recent days and Mike Krack He joked about it.
At the Baku circuit, according to ‘AS’, Krack joked that Fernando Alonso will put part of his salary: “On Tuesday, when we talked about it, he even said he would pay part of Newey’s salary, I don’t know if it was 10% or 20%.I will find out later how much it really costs…”.
“You can see the enormous respect these two people have for each other.they want to achieve something together. Adrian has always wanted to work with someone like Fernando and vice versa. We need to facilitate a good collaboration between the two and learn as much as possible by being open and flexible,” says the Aston Martin boss.
Take this opportunity to salute the work of Laurent Promenade at the helm of the Silverstone team: “When you have Newey in the team, it shows that Lawrence’s vision is not just about words. We are no longer the ones in hiding, we are a team that can be trusted.”
And finally he made a request to the team: is not satisfied with 2026 and he hopes that the first results will start to be visible next year.
“We cannot sit back and wait, The 2025 car must be built, which is already in the design office and in the wind tunnel. It’s moving forward, but with Adrian coming in he’ll also have time to look at this car and improve it,” Krack says.
