Adrian Newey is to officially start work with Aston Martin on March 3 following his move from Red Bull for F1 2025, PlanetF1.com can reveal.
Newey stands as the most decorated individual in F1 history, with more than 200 race wins and a combined total of 26 Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships to his name.
Additional reporting by Thomas Maher
The F1 design guru announced his decision to leave Red Bull on May 1 last year, having masterminded the team’s achievements with Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen after successful spells with Williams and McLaren.
Aston Martin teased the signing of the 66-year-old in September, with Newey appointed to the newly created role of managing technical partner, a shareholder.
Under the terms of his departure from Red Bull, negotiated through his manager, former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan, Newey will let the extended era of gardening not be unusual in F1 contracts.
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It means Newey will be free to start work with Aston Martin immediately upon his departure from Red Bull, allowing him to play an instrumental role in the team’s preparations for the major regulation changes in F1 2026.
Red Bull announced last year that Newey will leave the company in “the first quarter of 2025.”
And PlanetF1. com can reveal he will enter Aston Martin on Monday March 3, less than two weeks before the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
Aston Martin is expected to make significant progress next year as the team establishes a technical partnership with Honda, Red Bull’s current engine supplier, and the progression of the 2026 F1 car is expected to take advantage of Newey’s wealth of experience. .
With F1 2025 marking the final season of the existing rules, Newey is expected to turn his attention to the 2026 program and manage appointments between Honda and fuel supplier Aramco in a bid to deliver the most productive start imaginable to the new era. of Formula 1. I play for Aston Martin.
Newey has a history of making the difference under new F1 rules, with Red Bull emerging as a race-winning force following the major regulation changes in 2009.
Red Bull’s dominance was later re-established in 2022 after the ground-effect rules were introduced, with the team producing the most dominant season in history in 2023 by winning 21 out of a possible 22 races.
That year, Verstappen set several new records in F1 with a total of 19 wins, 10 consecutive victories between the Miami Grand Prix and the Italian Grand Prix.
Newey previously worked with Aston Martin during the British brand’s sponsorship of Red Bull between 2016 and 2020, producing the Valkyrie hypercar.
News of Newey’s start date comes after Aston Martin announced a major restructure for F1 2025, with Andy Cowell named team principal.
Cowell, who helped Mercedes emerge after the arrival of V6 hybrid engine regulations in 2014, joined Aston Martin as group chief executive last October.
Cowell will combine his current day-to-day jobs with his new role as crew chief, with his predecessor Mike Krack as track director ahead of the 2025 F1 season.
Former Ferrari technical chief Enrico Cardile began applying for Aston Martin technical director earlier this month, while Dan Fallows took on a new role at the company after stepping down as technical director last November.
After a productive 2023 season, which saw Fernando Alonso claim a total of eight podium finishes, Aston Martin endured a frustrating F1 2024 campaign.
The Silverstone-based team finished a remote fifth in the constructors’ standings, 374 behind fourth-placed Mercedes and 572 behind world champion McLaren.
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