Aston Martin boss Andy Cowell said the team is \u201cnot happy\u201d with its performances in F1 2025.<\/p>\n
He confesses the team\u2019s situation would have been eased if Aston Martin had allowed F1 design guru Adrian Newey to work on the AMR25, but it sees far greater benefit investing in the years to come.<\/p>\n
Adrian Newey and Aston Martin: A recipe for success?<\/p>\n
Newey has established his reputation as one of the greatest designers Formula 1 has ever seen. A total of 26 World Championships have been won with cars created under his watch.<\/p>\n
Williams, McLaren and Red Bull all appear on Newey\u2019s CV as teams which he has tasted title glory with. Could Aston Martin<\/a> be next?<\/p>\n Newey arrived in March, but has not been working on the current Aston Martin car. Instead, his focus has been F1 2026, the point where major rule changes will be felt.<\/p>\n The cars are due to get smaller and lighter, with new engines also on the way. Those will feature a 50\/50 split between electrical power and an internal combustion engine, which will run on sustainable biofuel.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, DRS is to be scrapped as active aerodynamics take over. The Pirelli tyres will also become narrower by 25 millimeters at the front and 30mm at the rear.<\/p>\n Aston Martin has chosen to deploy 100 per cent of the Newey magic into these new rules, even if that compromises what could be achieved in F1 2025 and leaves the team \u201cnot happy\u201d with the current situation.<\/p>\n Nonetheless, Aston Martin\u2019s fortunes have turned in recent rounds.<\/p>\n An impressive Hungarian Grand Prix performance yielded a P5 result for Fernando Alonso and seventh for Lance Stroll. That helped lift Aston Martin to sixth in the Constructors\u2019 Championship<\/a> at the summer break.<\/p>\n \u201cThis year is hugely challenging because we\u2019re here, and what we really want is to have the quickest car. And if \u201926 wasn\u2019t there, we would definitely have a quicker car today,\u201d Aston Martin CEO and team principal Andy Cowell told RN365.<\/p>\n \u201cIf, from the first of March, Adrian had put all his efforts into improving the \u201925 car, [I\u2019m] absolutely certain that we would be further up the grid today.<\/p>\n \u201cBut we\u2019re not doing that, we\u2019re focusing on \u201926 onwards, because the investment will pay off over more racing seasons, over more events.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd that\u2019s challenging. On a Sunday evening\u2026 Saturday after qualifying, Sunday after a race, we\u2019re not happy. Monday morning, we\u2019re not happy. And then you get into the jobs list, and crack on.\u201d<\/p>\n How F1 2026 is shaping up<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 F1 2026: Confirmed teams and power unit suppliers for F1\u2019s huge regulation changes<\/a><\/p>\n