It is “inevitable” that victory will be in Aston Martin’s long term after Adrian Newey’s victory, a missed opportunity that his rivals “will live to regret”.
That’s the claim of Sky Sports correspondent Craig Slater, who sees a filthy rich race for the Aston Martin team with Newey at their side.
Ahead of May’s Miami Grand Prix, F1 design guru Newey announced his departure from Red Bull Racing, making the Red Bull RB17 hypercar his final project with the company.
The interest in the career of one of Formula 1’s most important designers, whose Williams, McLaren and Red Bull titles are proud on his resume, will never falter, but it was Aston Martin who sealed the deal and Newey got to work. in March 2025 with the team in which owner Lawrence Stroll has invested heavily.
And, Slater believes Stroll’s investment is guaranteed to be transformed into F1 success with Newey’s presence.
“Lawrence Stroll speculated about the preparation,” he said.
“Why did Aston Martin allow Newey to get ahead of the others, who maybe just did?Many other influential people from other groups who were inclined to acquire Newey said, “We don’t need to be dragged into a bidding war for his services. “
“Today I have the impression that many have not spent more money and forced things.
“It seems like the inevitable outcome now is to win at some point. “
Newey takes on the newly created role of ‘Directing Technical Partner’ at Aston Martin, and his deal also includes shares in the team.
And Aston Martin’s F1 rivals will have to do with the result, warns Slater.
“If you read Newey’s book, you’ll know that this is all I needed,” Slater continued. “So if you need to have it, find a way to do it.
“I don’t think Stroll gave away a massive chunk of this team. You can make him a shareholder without diluting significantly the key shareholders of the team.
“He did what had to be done to get him in. He’s the one who will laugh. The others won’t have taken advantage of this opportunity. “
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2024 proved to be a disappointing crusade for Aston Martin, as the team finished the year on the podium.
And before Newey’s arrival, Red Bull defector Dan Fallows left Aston Martin’s technical director with “performance” reasoning.
“The performance of the team this year hasn’t been at the level that we’ve all been wanting it to be at,” Aston Martin performance director Tom McCullough began.
“So we haven’t quite delivered there and that’s basically been a decision made by the team.
“I’ve sat next to Dan for the last two or 3 years since he is been here, running heavily with him, he is had a actually big have an effect on on the progression of the ’22 automobile, the ’23 automobileArray
“To be honest, he brings a lot to the team.
“From that side, it’s been good fun working with him. But ultimately during ’24, we haven’t delivered on track to the level that we know we’re expecting to and wanting to do.
“Developing those cars has been complicated and ultimately it is a performance-based industry. The team resolved to make some changes.
Aston Martin has retained the team of Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll for F1 2025 and beyond in the new regulatory era, Aston Martin is partnering with Honda as a new engine supplier for the new engine and chassis regulations for F1 2026.
Honda has powered Newey’s Red Bull models to six championships in total since the alliance began in 2019.
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