Top engineer Adrian Newey has only been working for Aston Martin for a few months, but the Formula 1 racing team already feels a real “Newey effect” that goes far beyond the work of the design gurus.
Since his arrival at Aston Martin in March this year, Adrian Newey has been fully employed by the development of the 2026 car. Every now and then he also takes a look at the paralyzing 25 car, but his focus is different: he is supposed to develop a Formula 1 car in the coming season, which finally makes the racing team in the front.
It remains to be seen whether Newey succeeds. What he has already succeeded in doing: to suddenly make Aston Martin sexy. For experienced engineers and for young, aspiring engineers. They all want one thing above all: work with the most successful designer in Formula 1 history.
Everyone wants to work with Adrian Newey
“The change has been enormous. Since the announcement that Newey would come to us, there has been a complete change. More people want to come and work on Aston Martin, from the other teams and above all of universities,” reported ex-f1 pilot Pedro de la Rosa, who is now active as an Aston-Martin ambassador, the “Soynotor” portal of the “Newey effect”.
Nobody expected the factory in the factory in Silverstone, added de la Rosa: “But it happens because young engineers want to work with the big names to learn faster. In England there is a spectacular market for engineers because there are almost all teams in the world within 100 kilometers. Talent is very important and Adrian has this attraction.”
This attraction is of elementary importance for Aston Martin, the brand ambassador described. “We always consider Adrian Newey to be someone who builds victorious cars, but for us the generation of the new Neweyes is important for us, who wants to work with him, because that will be the future of Aston Martin.”