Former System 1 driver David Coulthard has thrown his assist behind Jonathan Wheatley to take the group principal function at Aston Martin, following his exit from the Audi F1 mission.
Audi confirmed on 20 March that Wheatley had left his function of group principal with speedy impact because of private causes, after solely becoming a member of the outfit in 2025.
Following the Briton’s exit, he has been linked to a transfer to Aston Martin. Motorsport understands that Adrian Newey will step again from his group principal duties to give attention to his tasks as managing technical accomplice.
Aston Martin has denied these rumours. “As govt chairman and controlling shareholder, I wish to reaffirm that Adrian Newey is my accomplice and an vital shareholder. He’s AMR’s managing technical accomplice, and he and I’ve a real partnership constructed on shared imaginative and prescient of success for the corporate. We do issues otherwise right here, and whereas we do not presently undertake the normal group principal function that you simply see elsewhere – it’s by design,” Lawrence Stroll mentioned on the time.
Lance Stroll, Aston Martin Racing
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Whereas the rumours have been mentioned on the Up To Velocity podcast with Will Buxton, Jolie Sharpe, Naomi Schiff and Coulthard, the previous Pink Bull driver provided his assist for Wheatley, who he labored with on the Milton Keynes outfit, and make clear his “fighter” persona.
“I believe you guys are misreading how cuddly Jonathan is,” Coulthard mentioned. “I do know he is a fighter. He’ll do what he must do with a sporting ethic. I am a giant fan of Jonathan. I might have him on my group any day.”
Head of the Audi F1 mission Mattia Binotto has confirmed that the squad can be saying a brand new group boss “very quickly”. Binotto has taken on the group principal tasks within the meantime.
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