Adrien Newey will land on Aston Martin at the end of the first quarter of 2025 to focus on preparing the Silverstone team car for 2026, the year in which the new regulations will be implemented in Formula 1.
The signing of the British engineer, the most successful in the history of the “Grand Cirque”, is a true declaration of intent on the part of the team. Laurent Promenade.
Since the Canadian was aware of the idea that was going through Newey’s head to abandon Red Bullfocused 100% on persuading him that the Aston Martin option was the best.
Now that the signing of the “guru” is complete, Fernando Alonso He recalled how the negotiations took place.
“I was hoping Newey would join us when he left his team.. There were some rumors and I asked Lawrence and several people in the team if we had contacted Adrian,” the Asturian began in statements to the team itself.
As soon as he saw the slightest chance of it becoming a reality, he immediately jumped in: “I even ended up contacting him. I have his phone number and I sent him a text: ‘What a surprise. If you ever think you’d like a new challenge, I’d love to work with you someday.“.
“And then I found out that Adrian and Lawrence were in contact. Lawrence kept me informed of the negotiations“, he added.
“When Adrian decided to join us, I felt very happy, but also very proud; proud to have wanted to work with us and to have believed in our project,” he concluded.
