Andy Cowell is the brand new workforce principal of the Aston Martin Components 1 workforce following a restructuring that sees Mike Krack tackle a trackside position.
Krack has been Aston Martin workforce principal since becoming a member of in 2022, however has been changed by Cowell — who was already group CEO — “for readability of management and as a part of a shift to a flatter construction.” Cowell solely joined in October of final yr, and was a extremely rated signing following his earlier achievements as managing director of Mercedes’ energy unit firm Excessive Efficiency Powertrains (HPP).
Aston Martin says it’s separating its aerodynamics, engineering and efficiency departments into trackside and factory-based groups, with each reporting into Cowell.
The change in workforce principal sees Krack handed trackside duty as chief trackside officer, that means his jurisdiction now not extends to the manufacturing facility personnel. That falls beneath the remit of recent chief technical officer Enrico Cardile, with the previous Ferrari technical director a brand new recruit this yr, and overseeing “a workforce that may now focus 100% of its time on the aggressive ingenuity problem of making a brand new race automotive.”
As a part of the restructuring, skilled efficiency director Tom McCullough will transfer away from the trackside F1 workforce and tackle a management positions throughout the wider group, specializing in the growth of the workforce’s different racing classes.
“I’ve spent the final three months understanding and assessing our efficiency, and I’ve been extremely impressed by the dedication, dedication and onerous work of this workforce,” Cowell mentioned. “With the completion of the AMR Expertise Campus and our transition in 2026 to a full works workforce, alongside our strategic companions Honda and Aramco, we’re on a journey to turning into a championship-winning workforce. These organizational adjustments are a pure evolution of the multi-year plans that now we have scheduled to make and I’m extremely excited concerning the future.”
Andy Cowell strikes from Group Chief Govt Officer to workforce principal at Aston Martin. Zak Mauger/Motorsport Pictures
The restructuring follows a change within the technical division late final season, with Dan Fallows leaving his place as technical director and shifting into a bunch position.
On the time, McCullough prompt it was as a result of lack of progress with the workforce’s in-season automotive growth, as Aston Martin completed a distant fifth within the constructors’ championship and scored 94 factors in 2024 in comparison with 280 the yr earlier than. On each events, Aston began the yr with a extra aggressive automotive than it completed the season with.
The organizational adjustments are upfront of Adrian Newey’s arrival as managing technical associate at Aston Martin later this yr.
