Aston Martin co-owner and government chairman Lawrence Stroll says he hopes to safe Adrian Newey’s companies and is “very excited” by the prospect, as he has been chasing the legendary designer for various years.
Newey (pictured above) introduced his plans to depart from Crimson Bull after practically twenty years earlier this 12 months, with the 65-year-old then taking a while off to guage his subsequent transfer. He has been linked with various Method 1 groups since information of his availability broke, however the almost definitely locations had been believed to be Aston Martin and Ferrari, and Stroll advised the Bloomberg information company he believes a deal is shut.
“I actually hope so,” Stroll mentioned when requested if Newey could be becoming a member of Aston Martin. “Adrian and I’ve been speaking not just for months however truly for years.
“Adrian is clearly probably the most gifted and gifted particular person in Method 1 based mostly on his monitor file and historical past, along with being a hell of a gentleman. So I’d be very excited for Adrian to hitch our crew, as I believe each different Method 1 crew 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’ll be able to 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 Crimson Bull chief technical officer is because of proceed working together with his present crew till the top of this season, leaving his place within the first quarter of 2025 however sustaining hyperlinks by way of his RB17 street automobile challenge that was unveiled on the Goodwood Pageant of Velocity earlier this summer time.
Aston Martin is at present 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 crew introduced what it described as “a big milestone in its preparation for the brand new 2026 F1 laws” within the type of a technical collaboration settlement signed Aston Martin and its key companions Aramco, Honda and Valvoline. The crew says the collaboration “goals to leverage every of the world-class companions’ experience and know-how to create the very best alternatives” from the beginning of the brand new F1 laws in 2026.
