The rumors suggested it, and now it’s official: Adrian Newey is moving to the Aston Martin Formula 1 team as Managing Technical Partner. This comes months after he announced his departure from Red Bull amidst the unrest surrounding Christian Horner.
Since Newey made his decision to leave Red Bullhe is the hottest commodity in the paddock thanks to his ability to consistently design championship-winning cars. Newey has been instrumental in Red Bull’s success for years, and The total dominance of Max Verstappen In recent years, there has been continued evidence of Newey’s design genius in sport.
Teams like FerrariWilliams and more are said to have pursued Newey, but in the end Aston Martin is the big winner. Newey’s salary has not been formally disclosed, but it has been reported by the BBC that his salary is somewhere in the neighborhood of $39 million per year for five years. If true, that would make Newey’s contract more lucrative than any other driver outside Lewis Hamilton And Max Verstappen.
Newey will join in time – March 2025 – to have an impact on the car for the 2026 season when new regulations hit the sport. Aston is collaboration with Honda for the 2026 car’s powertrain, which should be an easy transition for Newey given he has worked with Honda for many years at Red Bull.
Aston says the company’s brand new technical campus was a key factor in bringing Newey on board and working with a talent like Fernando Alonso as a driver also sounds like a good incentive. Of course, that also means that Newey turned down the chance to work with drivers like Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc at Ferrari.