The signature of Adrien Newey by Aston Martin It is an open secret and the euphoria that will be generated when the move becomes official from next week is quite logical. His landing in the team in which he pilots Fernando Alonso will once again trust thousands of Spanish fans Formula 1 in which the construction of a car capable of taking him to his third world championship is possible. However, the deadlines set by the factory Silver Stone As the engineer himself indicates, his influence on the results will be simmered.
Although Aston Martin is not currently in a boom period – fifth in the constructors’ standings and 218 points behind fourth (Mercedes)–, he knows that the importance of Newey must be a process, so as not to alter the work already done on the cars of the future. Of course, the Briton will not be able to immerse himself in the development of the 2025 car, since the level of the gardening prevents it.
The six-month period from your departure Red BullWhat will happen this Friday, September 6, the day his contract ends, prevents him from being part of the final touches of the vehicle that the English team will take to the grid for the next World. With that clarified, Newey arrives with the main objective of working hard and immersing himself in all aspects of the new regulations that will come into force in 2026.
This does not mean that Newey will design the car for that year, 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 have won the constructors’ titles will use this first championship with the new rules as a lesson. For him, he will maintain the role he has played for some years at Red Bull, that of technical advisor.
Newey to oversee Aston Martin’s car in 2026
Newey will oversee every detail of this car while it is being driven, a vehicle currently in beta and whose first sketches have already been made. Remember that the team members will not be able to work with it under any circumstances before January 2025, according to F1 regulations.
However, its initial development has already started and the first aerodynamic model can be tested in the wind tunnel of Mercedes in 2026, waiting for the one manufactured by Aston Martin to arrive shortly after, although that year the first phases of the car will be carried out with the old one. All this is being prepared in this Silverstone factory that Newey fell in love with during his visit a few months ago, a place that has been key for a signing that is about to fall and that will be the most important of recent years in F1, even more than that of Lewis Hamilton by Ferrari.
Let us recall that the 2026 engine will be Sling and that this has already been in development for two or three races, so Newey’s role should start to be noticed later. Once the deadlines are clarified, what happens with Alonso? Everyone knows that the desire of the two to work together goes back years, but the truth is that the Asturian driver’s contract limits him in this sense.
The team is formed before your arrival
If, as expected, the Englishman’s beautiful work were to be released in 2027, logically in the form of a single-seater and with the new regulations well applied, it might not be Alonso who would taste it on the way to his third World Cup. To cover its back, Aston Martin already announced a few months ago the signings of Enrico Cardilelegendary Ferrari chassis engineer, and Andy Cowellcalled “the Newey of engines”.
These two engineers will start work from the beginning of 2025 and will serve as a prelude to the arrival of Newey, who will definitively carry out a project for which Aston Martin and its owner, Laurent PromenadeThey are willing to break the bank. In terms of salary, it is estimated that the British will earn 25 million euros for four seasons. This will orchestrate the final effort with which Alonso will try to make his last shot at glory.
