Star engineer Adrian Newey is to lead Aston Martin to the success of the Success from the 2026 Formula 1 season. The design guru apparently does not believe in real titles in the first year, as he revealed ex-F1 star Riccardo Patres.
Adrian Newey apparently doubts himself that he is able to build an Aston Martin that can ride the Formula 1 World Cup directly in the 2026 season. At least that’s what he said to the former Formula 1 driver Riccardo Patrese a few weeks ago.
In an interview with the betting platform “Racing tipster”, Patrese revealed details of his conversation with Newey and said: “I spoke to Adrian at the Goodwood Festival. He has the feeling that they will not be ready next year and do not want to fuel any expectations. to be called. “
Newey: Aston Martin not ready for Max Verstappen
According to Patenese, Newey also revealed to him that he did not believe that Aston Martin Max Verstappen could have offered the package in 2026 that the Dutch would like.
“He said that they are not ready for Verstappen because he does not believe that they can put a victorious car to him,” said the former F1 star, who at the same time did not want to rule out that Newey deliberately stacked him.
“You can’t rule out anything because Adrian is unbelievable. He probably thinks secretly that you will be ready next year. But he doesn’t want to say that yet,” said the six-time Grand Prix winner, a small bluff from the star designer who has been working on the development of the 26 car in the Aston Martin factory in Silverstone.