Aston Martin has revealed how Adrian Newey is approaching the event of its 2026 Components 1 automobile, offering a uncommon perception into his work ethic.
Newey began his new job as Aston Martin’s technical director in March and is focusing virtually solely on designing a successor to the AMR25 for F1’s huge regulation overhaul subsequent yr.
He brings with him an unimaginable wealth of expertise, having designed championship-winning equipment for Williams, McLaren and Pink Bull over the a long time.
Aston Martin workforce principal Andy Cowell revealed that Newey is so dedicated to his work that he’s “all the time drawing on the whiteboard” in his workplace at Silverstone.
Nonetheless, the 66-year-old additionally shows unconventional working habits, as he “doesn’t go to conferences” or “reply emails”.
“He’s a racing automobile designer. Top-of-the-line,” Cowell was quoted by AS.
“From day one we made positive we ready his working setting, he got here in and went to conferences in regards to the new guidelines, in regards to the ideas we had labored on.
“We defined the countdown to the primary take a look at and the primary race. And we identified all of the deadlines for submitting info for the manufacturing of this [2026] automobile.
“He went straight to work with engineers to do sketches on his drafting board. He’s in that design cycle to design elementary components of the automobile. Ninety per cent of the creation of a automobile is within the manufacturing unit and that’s the place we would like Adrian.
“He has his workplace, everybody who walks previous says that each time they see him he’s all the time drawing on the whiteboard.
“Certain, he doesn’t go to conferences, he doesn’t reply emails, he’s simply placing collectively a quick automobile and all of us assist that course of.”
Group proprietor Lawrence Stroll has big ambitions for Aston Martin, and 2026 will likely be an vital season within the squad’s pursuit to develop into a frontrunner in F1.
Having invested closely in its infrastructure, together with an all-new manufacturing unit and wind tunnel at Silverstone, Aston will beging receiving works engines from Honda subsequent yr.
Requested how assured he’s in regards to the workforce producing a aggressive automobile subsequent yr, Cowell replied: “Now we have to work laborious, the targets are difficult. The timescales are difficult.
“We’re pushing, rising, implementing new instruments and a really huge organisation.
“However we’re preventing very laborious to have a quick automobile in 2026.”
