Aston Martin co-owner and government chairman Lawrence Stroll says he hopes to safe Adrian Newey’s providers and is “very excited” by the prospect, as he has been chasing the legendary designer for numerous years.
Newey (pictured above) introduced his plans to depart from Pink Bull after almost twenty years earlier this 12 months, with the 65-year-old then taking a while off to judge his subsequent transfer. He has been linked with numerous Formulation 1 groups since information of his availability broke, however the more than likely locations have been believed to be Aston Martin and Ferrari, and Stroll informed the Bloomberg information company he believes a deal is shut.
“I actually hope so,” Stroll stated when requested if Newey can be becoming a member of Aston Martin. “Adrian and I’ve been speaking not just for months however really for years.
“Adrian is clearly essentially the most gifted and gifted particular person in Formulation 1 primarily based on his observe report and historical past, along with being a hell of a gentleman. So I’d be very excited for Adrian to affix our staff, as I feel each different Formulation 1 staff on the grid would really feel precisely the identical.”
When it was put to Stroll that he has been pulling out the entire stops to safe Newey, the Aston Martin proprietor added: “You possibly can positively assume that.”
Newey’s arrival at Aston Martin may very well be introduced as early as subsequent week, with Aston Martin having scheduled a press convention at its headquarters on Tuesday forward of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
The Pink Bull chief technical officer is because of proceed working along with his present staff till the top of this season, leaving his place within the first quarter of 2025 however sustaining hyperlinks by way of his RB17 highway automotive mission that was unveiled on the Goodwood Pageant of Pace earlier this summer time.
Aston Martin is presently fifth within the F1 constructors’ championship with 74 factors, 40 away from RB in sixth however over 200 factors adrift of Mercedes in fourth, and has secured only one top-five end all season.
On Tuesday the staff introduced what it described as “a big milestone in its preparation for the brand new 2026 F1 rules” within the type of a technical collaboration settlement signed Aston Martin and its key companions Aramco, Honda and Valvoline. The staff says the collaboration “goals to leverage every of the world-class companions’ experience and know-how to create the absolute best alternatives” from the beginning of the brand new F1 rules in 2026.
