Jordan 'not prepared' to discuss Newey future

Adrian Newey's head Eddie Jordan has refused to talk reports that nan Formula 1 creation fable is to subordinate nan Aston Martin squad adjacent year.

Jordan, who successful April negotiated an early exit for Newey from his statement arsenic Red Bull main method officer, told BBC Sport: "I americium not prepared to reply - I will not beryllium forthcoming successful immoderate style aliases form."

Aston Martin person scheduled a news convention for 10 September, wherever Newey's recruitment is expected to beryllium announced.

Team proprietor Lawrence Stroll said successful an question and reply pinch Bloomberg connected Tuesday: "Adrian and I person been talking not only for months but really for years.

"Adrian is intelligibly nan astir talented and talented individual successful F1 based connected his way grounds and history.

"So I'd beryllium very excited for Adrian to subordinate our team, arsenic I deliberation each different F1 squad connected nan grid would consciousness precisely nan same."

Asked if Newey would subordinate Aston Martin, Stroll said: "I surely dream so."

An Aston Martin spokesperson said: "Adrian has been linked to galore teams and would beryllium an plus to immoderate team, but we don't person thing to announce."

Newey, 65, is regarded arsenic nan top F1 designer successful history, and has been portion of 12 drivers' championships and 13 constructors' titles for Williams, McLaren and Red Bull since 1991.

Aston Martin moved into a caller mill past twelvemonth and a caller upwind passageway connected nan tract astatine Silverstone is astir to travel connected stream. Newey was fixed concealed circuit of nan tract successful nan summer.

The squad person been connected a recruitment thrust successful caller times aimed astatine turning them into world title contenders.

In July, they announced that erstwhile Mercedes motor main Andy Cowell would subordinate successful October arsenic their caller main executive officer, replacing Martin Whitmarsh, nan erstwhile McLaren squad main who has been performing nan domiciled since 2021.

Aston Martin person besides signed erstwhile Ferrari chassis method head Enrico Cardile arsenic main method officer.

Aston Martin's method head Dan Fallows, who joined nan squad successful April 2022, is simply a erstwhile workfellow of Newey astatine Red Bull, wherever Fallows was caput of aerodynamics earlier taking connected his existent role.

Aston Martin are starting a caller business successful 2026 pinch motor shaper Honda, which has supplied Red Bull since 2019.

The squad are 5th successful nan constructors' title this year. After leaping to nan beforehand successful nan first half of nan 2023 season, erstwhile Fernando Alonso secured a bid of podium finishes, they person slipped backwards successful nan past 12 months and are struggling to suffice and decorativeness successful nan apical 10.

In April, Jordan negotiated for Newey an early exit from his statement arsenic Red Bull main method serviceman which allows him to commencement activity for different squad from March adjacent year.

Newey has talked to Ferrari, McLaren, Alpine and Williams arsenic good arsenic Aston Martin since his determination to time off Red Bull was announced successful May.

Talks pinch Ferrari evaporated quickly and McLaren pulled retired of nan title successful nan summer. Alpine executive advisor Flavio Briatore made a precocious bid for Newey, according to sources, but Aston Martin are said to beryllium nan only action he is still considering.

Newey decided to time off Red Bull successful nan aftermath of nan allegations of intersexual harassment and coercive, controlling behaviour made against squad main Christian Horner by a female employee.

Horner has ever denied nan allegations and 2 abstracted soul Red Bull inquiries person dismissed nan complaint.

Newly had besides grown disappointment pinch tensions wrong nan Red Bull squad arsenic to who deserved in installments for their domination of nan athletics successful 2022 and 2023.

His contract, which expired astatine nan extremity of 2025, would person prevented him from joining different squad until 2027.

But Jordan and Newey secured an statement that freed him up successful clip to commencement activity for different squad successful clip to person a signifiant effect connected their creation for nan caller regulations that are coming into unit successful 2026.

Moving to Aston Martin would springiness Newey nan chance yet to subordinate forces pinch two-time champion Fernando Alonso, who he told BBC Sport successful an question and reply past November was nan 1 driver pinch whom he would astir for illustration to person worked.

He said: "That's a regret that that ne'er happened because I person a tremendous respect for Fernando."

Alonso, 43, this twelvemonth signed a caller statement pinch Aston Martin that will support him astatine nan squad astatine slightest until nan extremity of 2026.