Former Haas Method 1 group chief Guenther Steiner has argued that Adrian Newey ought to have by no means taken the position of group principal at Aston Martin.
Newey joined the Silverstone outfit in 2025 as managing technical companion and shareholder, after virtually twenty years at Purple Bull. It was later introduced in November 2025 that Newey would additionally take the position of group principal for 2026, changing Andy Cowell, who moved to chief technique officer.
Talking on the Drive to Wynn podcast, Steiner argued that Newey mustn’t have taken on the extra tasks.
“No,” he stated when requested if Newey ought to have stepped as much as the extra position. “And I feel in case you would ask Adrian right here, he would say, ‘I do not know why I did this or why I agreed to this.’ I do not know the way it occurred, if he wished to be the group principal or not.
Guenther Steiner
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“However clearly, that isn’t the place his power is. He is excellent at what he is doing, which is designing automobiles. I imply, clearly not the Aston Martin in the mean time, however he’ll repair it. However, for him, moving into there was like why the hell that… I feel it was an alien factor or I should be group principal, not understanding what the group principal truly is or what it means to be the group principal and that did not final lengthy.
“Once more, it exhibits that it is best to at all times put the folks the place their power is, by no means over-promote them.”
Aston Martin entered the brand new period of laws with a brand new engine partnership with Honda, however it has to date been met with a bunch of points on its F1 automotive. Because the Lawrence Stroll-owned group works via its points, it presently sits eleventh within the constructors’ standings with zero factors after the primary 4 rounds of the season.
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