Adrian Newey’s supervisor Eddie Jordan has refused to debate experiences that the Method 1 design legend is to hitch the Aston Martin workforce subsequent yr.
Jordan, who in April negotiated an early exit for Newey from his contract as Crimson Bull chief technical officer, informed BBC Sport: “I’m not ready to reply – I cannot be forthcoming in any form or kind.”
Aston Martin have scheduled a information convention for 10 September, the place Newey’s recruitment is predicted to be introduced.
Crew proprietor Lawrence Stroll stated in an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday: “Adrian and I’ve been speaking not just for months however truly for years.
“Adrian is clearly essentially the most proficient and gifted particular person in F1 based mostly on his monitor report and historical past.
“So I might be very excited for Adrian to hitch our workforce, as I believe each different F1 workforce on the grid would really feel precisely the identical.”
Requested if Newey would be part of Aston Martin, Stroll stated: “I actually hope so.”
An Aston Martin spokesperson stated: “Adrian has been linked to many groups and can be an asset to any workforce, however we do not have something to announce.”
Newey, 65, is thought to be the best F1 designer in historical past, and has been a part of 12 drivers’ championships and 13 constructors’ titles for Williams, McLaren and Crimson Bull since 1991.
Aston Martin moved into a brand new manufacturing unit final yr and a brand new wind tunnel on the location at Silverstone is about to come back on stream. Newey was given secret tour of the location in the summertime.
The workforce have been on a recruitment drive in latest occasions geared toward turning them into world championship contenders.
In July, they introduced that former Mercedes engine chief Andy Cowell would take part October as their new chief government officer, changing Martin Whitmarsh, the previous McLaren workforce principal who has been performing the function since 2021.
Aston Martin have additionally signed former Ferrari chassis technical director Enrico Cardile as chief technical officer.
Aston Martin’s technical director Dan Fallows, who joined the workforce in April 2022, is a former colleague of Newey at Crimson Bull, the place Fallows was head of aerodynamics earlier than taking over his present function.
Aston Martin are beginning a brand new partnership in 2026 with engine producer Honda, which has equipped Crimson Bull since 2019.
The workforce are fifth within the constructors’ championship this yr. After leaping to the entrance within the first half of the 2023 season, when Fernando Alonso secured a sequence of podium finishes, they’ve slipped backwards previously 12 months and are struggling to qualify and end within the high 10.
In April, Jordan negotiated for Newey an early exit from his contract as Crimson Bull chief technical officer which permits him to start out work for an additional workforce from March subsequent yr.
Newey has talked to Ferrari, McLaren, Alpine and Williams in addition to Aston Martin since his determination to depart Crimson Bull was introduced in Might.
Talks with Ferrari evaporated shortly and McLaren pulled out of the race in the summertime. Alpine government adviser Flavio Briatore made a late bid for Newey, in accordance with sources, however Aston Martin are stated to be the one choice he’s nonetheless contemplating.
Newey decided to leave Red Bull in the wake of the allegations of sexual harassment and coercive, controlling behaviour made towards workforce principal Christian Horner by a feminine worker.
Horner has all the time denied the allegations and two separate inner Crimson Bull inquiries have dismissed the criticism.
Newly had additionally grown pissed off with tensions inside the Crimson Bull workforce as to who deserved credit score for his or her domination of the game in 2022 and 2023.
His contract, which expired on the finish of 2025, would have prevented him from becoming a member of one other workforce till 2027.
However Jordan and Newey secured an settlement that freed him up in time to start out work for an additional workforce in time to have a signifiant impression on their design for the brand new laws which can be coming into pressure in 2026.
Shifting to Aston Martin would give Newey the prospect lastly to hitch forces with two-time champion Fernando Alonso, who he informed BBC Sport in an interview last November was the one driver with whom he would most like to have worked.
He stated: “That is a remorse that that by no means occurred as a result of I’ve an incredible respect for Fernando.”
Alonso, 43, this yr signed a brand new contract with Aston Martin that may hold him on the workforce at the very least till the tip of 2026.
