Newey reflects on his arrival at Aston Martin

Having joined Aston Martin at the beginning of April, Red Bull's former star designer Adrian Newey stated that the Silverstone-based outfit has been "very welcoming."

For the 2025 F1 season, Aston Martin retained Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll as their drivers for the third consecutive year. Following a tough season last year, the team elected to replace Mike Krack with Andy Cowell, who now fulfils the role of team principal alongside his responsibilities as CEO.

After Aston Martin secured the services of former Red Bull star designer Adrian Newey as technical partner, the British engineer has started working on the team's 2026 all-new F1 machine at the beginning of April.

The Silverstone-based outfit has endured a tough start to its season so far in 2025, having struggled for pace on all kinds of circuits. However, recent upgrades helped Fernando Alonso record point-scoring finishes in the last four rounds.

Pursuing ambitious goals for the near future, Aston Martin also built a brand-new wind tunnel which was completed in January 2025, and it became operational two months later.

Asked to comment on his first weeks at Aston Martin, Newey conceded that the Silverstone-based outfit has been "very welcoming."

“When you join a new team, it's always difficult to know what the experience is going to be. Every time I've joined a new team, each has been very different.”

“The first thing I can say about the team is that everyone has been very welcoming, which is great – it hasn't always been the case when I've started with a new team.”

“This is a team that has grown a lot in headcount over a very short space of time. We have great facilities, people are keen and enthusiastic, and it is our job to get on and get everything working smoothly.”

Pressed on to comment on his relationship with Aston Martin's boss Lawrence Stroll, Newey said that he enjoys full trust from the Canadian businessman.

“F1 is about people: yes, there is a lot of technology, but it's people who drive things forward. When I was chatting to Lawrence Stroll, discussing the future, he came up with the suggestion of managing technical partner.

"Lawrence has very kindly trusted me to be his partner, developing the technical side of the team, driving our technical abilities forward and improving our engineering prowess.”