F1 design great Newey joins Aston Martin

Adrian Newey says he has joined Aston Martin to thief lead them to nan Formula 1 world championship.

The 65-year-old designer's caller contract, pinch nan title of managing method partner, was announced connected Tuesday astatine nan team's F1 guidelines astatine Silverstone.

Newey, regarded arsenic nan top F1 designer successful history, has besides go an Aston Martin shareholder.

The squad did not initially uncover nan magnitude of nan deal, but BBC Sport has been told it is a five-year statement worthy up to a imaginable £30m a year, including bonuses and add-ons.

Newey said he was "hugely inspired and impressed by nan passion and commitment" of squad proprietor Lawrence Stroll.

The Canadian billionaire has already invested hundreds of millions successful a caller factory, including a state-of-the-art upwind tunnel, and secured a mill motor business pinch Honda from 2026.

The Japanese institution person supplied Red Bull, nan existent world champions, since 2019.

Aston Martin besides person two-time world champion Fernando Alonso nether statement until nan extremity of 2026. The team's different driver is Stroll's boy Lance.

Newey said: "Lawrence is wished to create a world-beating team. He is nan only mostly squad proprietor who is actively engaged successful nan sport.

"His committedness is demonstrated successful nan improvement of nan caller AMR Technology Campus and upwind passageway astatine Silverstone, which are not only authorities of nan creation but person a layout that creates a awesome situation to activity in.

"They person each nan cardinal pieces of infrastructure needed to make Aston Martin a world championship-winning squad and I americium very overmuch looking guardant to helping scope that goal."

Lawrence Stroll said he was "incredibly proud" Newey had decided to subordinate Aston Martin. Newey besides had conversations pinch Ferrari, McLaren, Williams and Alpine.

"Adrian is nan champion successful nan world astatine what he does - he is astatine nan apical of his game.

"It's nan biggest communicative since nan Aston Martin sanction returned to nan athletics and different objection of our ambition to build an F1 squad tin of fighting for world championships.

"As soon arsenic Adrian became available, we knew we had to make it happen.

"Our first conversations confirmed that location was a shared desire to collaborate successful a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"Adrian is simply a racer and 1 of nan astir competitory group I person ever met. He quickly understood what we are trying to achieve. We mean business - and truthful does he."

Newey will commencement activity for Aston Martin from early March adjacent twelvemonth and will subordinate forces pinch a squad of engineers successful which Stroll has already invested heavily.

The team's method head is Dan Fallows, an aerodynamicist who worked nether Newey astatine Red Bull from 2006-21.

Former Mercedes motor main Andy Cowell, who masterminded nan building of nan standard-setting motor successful F1's hybrid era, joins arsenic main executive serviceman connected 1 October.

And erstwhile Ferrari chassis method head Enrico Cardile will commencement arsenic main method serviceman astatine an unspecified day successful 2025.