Fernando Alonso thinks designer Adrian Newey would have appreciated to begin even earlier at his new Aston Martin staff to assault Components 1’s 2026 rules.
Newey was offered final yr as Aston Martin’s new managing technical associate, however Aston waited till early March for the previous Pink Bull design guru to begin at his new employer. As soon as in place, his agency focus is now on kicking off the 2026 rules cycle on the entrance foot.
However Aston is struggling for efficiency in 2025 towards its midfield rivals, and recommendations that Newey may be pulled into its present automobile’s growth course of have already been dismissed by staff principal Andy Cowell.
Alonso, who has but to attain a degree this season, felt this was the precise name and urged Newey’s March begin was already later than the legendary designer would have appreciated to get the perfect begin on the 2026 guidelines.
“I feel he would in all probability have most well-liked even becoming a member of the staff one yr in the past and begin on ’26. So even for the ’26 mission, I am positive that he thinks it is late,” mentioned Alonso. “So, I perceive utterly that he must focus solely on subsequent yr’s automobile. He did not make this yr’s automobile, he did not contact the automobile, he did not design the automobile, so I do not suppose it is as much as him to repair the automobile.”
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin Racing
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The 2-time world champion mentioned he had lunch at Aston Martin’s new Silverstone manufacturing unit with Newey earlier than Miami, and mentioned he left satisfied that the staff’s 2025 struggles will not have any kind of lingering impact on the way it bounces again when the brand new period begins.
He added that Newey and different key hires becoming a member of the staff will be capable to carry invaluable championship successful experience to the formidable Lawrence Stroll-owned outfit.
Requested if chatting to Newey had given him renewed religion within the staff’s capacity to show issues round, he replied: “Not likely, I feel I by no means misplaced the belief, I am not too anxious about subsequent yr. I feel this yr is only a continuation of among the issues that we discovered within the final two seasons, and we weren’t capable of overcome among the obstacles that we discovered.
“For subsequent yr, with the brand new rules and Adrian on board, I feel nothing of this yr’s automobile goes to be into subsequent yr’s mission. It is a full reset, so I am not too involved for subsequent yr.
“There’s a higher understanding of the place we’re missing capabilities and the place we’re behind among the high groups. Additionally, a few of these new people who joined the staff have an excellent reference as a result of they arrive from world championship contenders, so that they know what is required.”
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