Enrico Cardile won’t be able to begin work with Aston Martin till July of this yr after Ferrari gained a authorized case involving its former technical director.
Ferrari introduced that Cardile was leaving his function as technical director (chassis space) in July 2024, with Aston Martin then confirming he would be part of the workforce as its chief technical officer in 2025. Nonetheless, with uncertainty regarding his begin date – Aston Martin workforce principal Andy Cowell averted answering questions regarding Cardile throughout pre-season testing – Ferrari has now confirmed it has gained a court docket case that forestalls the Italian from becoming a member of for one more 4 months.
“On the subject of the latest information relating to the timing of Enrico Cardile’s arrival at Aston Martin, Ferrari clarifies that a couple of weeks in the past the Court docket of Modena, upholding the requests of the Firm, ordered Enrico Cardile to right away stop any type of collaboration with Aston Martin Aramco F1 Staff till subsequent July 18th,” a Ferrari assertion learn.
“On this pressing procedural section, the Court docket of Modena discovered that our former worker was already violating the non-compete dedication with Ferrari, whose goal was exactly to forestall different F1 groups from gaining an unjustified aggressive benefit by hiring Cardile sooner than allowed, inflicting irreparable hurt to Ferrari.”
An Aston Martin spokesperson informed the BBC: “It is a matter between Enrico and Ferrari and their authorized representatives in Italy, and the events proceed to be engaged within the course of. As such we gained’t be making any additional remark. We’ll make an announcement sooner or later.”
When Cardile was introduced as a brand new Aston Martin signing, the workforce described him as “a key appointment for the workforce as we construct in the direction of the brand new 2026 laws”, however the delay in his arrival will restrict the impression the can have on the brand new automobile, with groups having been in a position to start full work on the 2026 laws in January.
Ought to Aston Martin nonetheless need to deliver Cardile’s begin date ahead it might want to attain an additional settlement with Ferrari, one thing it has been unable to do up up to now. The workforce did welcome one other key technical determine this week, with Adrian Newey beginning work on Monday having joined from Crimson Bull.
