- Newey to start in March on deal worth up to £30m a year
- ‘I have been hugely inspired and impressed,’ he says
Aston Martin have confirmed that Formula One’s most successful designer of the modern era, Adrian Newey, is to join the team next season. Newey has signed a long-term deal with the British marque, worth what is believed to be up to £30m a year and will also become a shareholder in the team in another bold statement of intent from Aston Martin’s billionaire owner, Lawrence Stroll.
Newey was officially announced as Aston Martin’s new managing technical partner on Tuesday morning at the team’s factory at Silverstone with the 65-year-old expected to start work with the team and its drivers, double world champion Fernando Alonso and Stroll’s son Lance, in March of next year.