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[Velvet78]

And not it is official Newey joined Astong Marting.
The first words are: I wanted a new challenge.

He will join Aston Marting in March 2025 and he will make the car for the revolution of 2026

We all know why he went to Aston.

He is rumored to earn 100 milions € for the sign.

Yes it is official. 



https://x.com/AstonMartinF1/status/1833591812638052686

Aston Martin boss Lawrence Stroll is playing big from now on. Signing one of the best engineers in Formula 1 history is a spectacular work! As far as I know they have even given him some share of the team. That's insane! 

Now there are new rumours going around. Such as they are going to target to sign Verstappen for 2026 season. They say the boss is ready to sacrifice his son for getting another champion driver. What do you say?

[tokeweed]

^  Oof so it's real. 

And as for signing Verstappen..?  I would rather see the guy sign with Mercedes and driver under the guidance and tutelage of Toto Wolff tbh.  He'll be in much better hands over there unless Aston Martin also signs Horner at the team principal.    The gang is back, just with another team.  Lmao.

And for the lulz, I would like to see Newey design the best car on 2026 with Lance Stroll winning podiums at every GP.  What a sight to behold. 

[Koal-84]

Next weekend's race will also take place at the same circuit with the name of the race Emilia Romagna and I hope to see a more dramatic race than last week's race. Bagnaia who did not take many risks by chasing Marquez also benefited greatly in the race because he managed to reduce the points gap with Martin from 26 to 7 points due to Martin's blunder when the rain started to fall. Martin really regrets the decision because he should not have done it while he could still survive in those conditions.

Exactly, a race on the same track due to the cancellation of the 2024 Kazakhstan GP, and Bagnaia certainly noticed that Martin had pitted or was told by a sign the lap after, so for Bagnaia it was the right decision not to risk too much but to bring home the safe points.

But you also have to say whether Bagnaia could have beaten Marquez if he had taken more risks, I don't know.

[coinlocket$]

so Jeremy Clarkson was correct in the end.

As I reported months ago here he basically spoiled about Adrian Newey and Aston Martin.

He was back in July and during an interview he said that Adrian Newey was house-hunting in Oxfordshire and not in Maranello.

We also got another rumor if you remember.
This time was Autosprint speaking about a secret factory visit for Adrian..

[perfect999]

Newey will definitely make sure that Aston Martin is as great as he can make it and I bet that they will have some improvements without a doubt. I am not saying that it will happen quickly, I am just saying that it will be better than what it is right now. This doesn't mean that they will win all the races and dominate, we can see him be at Red Bull right now and do nothing about the fact that they are about to lose, and I am sure that's not loved by Red Bull, but Newey basically let them be already and not really improving.

Aston Martin made the greatest choice they could make, I just wish they didn't really have to go with Stroll as well, I get that he is the son of the owner, but dude just sucks, he is terrible , and they need someone younger and more fierce than Alonso as well. I know he has been great, but dude is 40+ years old, maybe getting someone better would be a good idea, they could definitely make it work with someone younger that gets more consistent results.