Aston Martin boss Andy Cowell has confirmed current reviews that “100%” of Adrian Newey’s time has been spent wanting on the 2026 F1 automotive as a substitute of this season’s machine.
The previous Purple Bull chief technical officer began on the workforce as managing technical associate in March, and didn’t have any enter on the design of the AMR25 automotive, which has had a gradual begin to the season.
Lance Stroll did bag factors in each Australia and China, however the automotive is off the tempo with Fernando Alonso at the moment point-less 4 races into the marketing campaign, heading into the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend.
Given Newey’s experience in designing championship-winning vehicles, the opportunity of him wanting on the AMR25 for potential areas to enhance has been raised, however Cowell has rejected the thought, insisting that Newey’s full focus is on the huge overhaul coming for 2026.
“100% of Adrian’s designing time is on 2026,” Cowell advised media, together with RacingNews365, in Jeddah.
“He joined in March, so there was a interval of him getting on top of things with the laws and on top of things with the idea work we have been doing within the previous couple of months.
“There are some powerful deadlines to satisfy for releasing monocoque particulars, transmission particulars, and the vehicles are operating earlier for the 2026 season, with the check on the finish of January.
“Getting a automotive prepared for that time requires barely earlier choice factors, and clearly every part is new, and there’s zero carry-over [from 2025].
“There may be a variety of work there, and Adrian has simply been targeted on that, however there’s worth in Adrian understanding the instruments we have, the constancy of these instruments and the precision with which they predict what will occur on the race-track moderately than any direct efficiency side for the 2025 automotive.
“He has been massively complimentary in regards to the campus and has been constructive in regards to the tunnel we received and the best way that every part has been set-up.
“He’s after all, pushing for us to enhance the best way we function within the tunnel, the best way we function with CFD and lap simulations.”
