Adrian Newey has wasted no time in getting down to work at Aston Martin. From the very beginning, he has set to work with his new team. All the information indicated that Newey was going to focus on the AMR26, although he might make some tweaks to this year’s car. However, Aston Martin has confirmed that, on the very day of his arrival, he set to work on this year’s car and has already made improvements that will be present in the Australian Grand Prix.
Adrian Newey improves on AMR25
Andy Cowell, team boss Aston Martin has confirmed that Adrian Newey has had a hand in the AMR25 and that the parameters he has given will be present in the car for the Australian F1 GP which starts this weekend.
“There has been a lot of interest in Adrian’s arrival, but he’s not one for big ceremonies.” ”He went into his office on the AMR Technology Campus, left his briefcase and almost immediately found himself in a concept meeting, talking about an area of the car. He has integrated himself immediately.”
This information has surprised the world of Formula 1 as these changes could not be integrated into the tests in Bahrain. Uncertainty grows as the news spreads through the Formula 1 teams, waiting to see how Aston Martin may react during the start of the championship.
Andy Cowell has gone further, and tells Newey that “he has met our entire executive team and quickly got involved with our engineers, listening carefully to what they have to say about the work they have done,” he says. “In short, he is an engineer who helps design our race cars. He got down to work without thinking twice. He asks questions, offers opinions and brings a fresh perspective. We are delighted to have him,” says an enthusiastic Andy Cowell.
Aston Martin’s options for 2025
Following the Bahrain tests a few weeks ago, before Newey joined, Aston Martin carried out some tests that raised doubts. However, the team was satisfied with the tests. Fernando Alonso himself stated that “we followed our program, which obviously was different from the rest of the teams”. Another of the Asturian’s comments about the season had to do with Newey. He commented on the importance of improvements during the world championship, but what he wouldn’t expect is for them to come so soon.
“If you get a package of improvements right, it changes your season. We will have improvements to the car and if one of those revives the car, suddenly you can fight for much better things”.
The role of Adrian Newey
There is no doubt that the arrival of the most successful engineer in the history of Formula 1 is going to play a decisive role in Aston Martin, and everything he can bring to the AMR25 will be welcome for Fernando Alonso and for Aston Martin. His knowledge and his skills in making a winning car are focused on next year, but he is no stranger to the current regulations and the specifications of the car, an asset that Aston Martin cannot fail to take advantage of for the current championship.
We will see if the arrival of Adrian Newey translates into a step forward for the team and if he is capable of taking it this season. That his influence can be seen from the first race is something that nobody could have expected and it has been received with enthusiasm by the team and by Fernando Alonso himself, impatient to get behind the wheel of his car for this Sunday’s race.