O Motorsport.com/Autosport found that the head of Aston Martin, Lawrence Strollmade a high-value contract offer over the weekend Saudi Arabia GP in Formula 1 to attract the legendary designer of Red Bull 65 years old, Adrian Neweyfrom Milton Keynes to Aston Martin’s headquarters in Silverstone.
Stroll has been putting the building blocks in place to create a team that can rival Red Bull, Mercedes It is Ferrari In the next years. In addition to building a state-of-the-art headquarters with a new wind tunnel, Stroll has already attracted several important designers from rival teams and signed a contract with Honda to 2026, when a new regulation will be implemented.
Newey’s signing could be seen as the last piece of the missing puzzle to close the gap on F1’s traditional top teams and attract the leading driver. Fernando Alonso to remain with the team after the end of his contract.
It could also be an additional argument to convince world champion Verstappen, who is also a target of interest from Mercedes, to continue his successful relationship with Newey and Honda.
Adrian Newey, technical director of Red Bull Racing
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Verstappen currently holds the key to the 2025 driver market, with Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admitting in the Australian GP from last weekend that the Dutchman is his number one target to replace Lewis Hamiltonwhich goes to Ferrari in 2025, should he decide to leave Red Bull before the end of his 2028 contract.
Previous attempts by rivals to lure Newey away from Red Bull have not been successful.
But amid the internal turmoil at Milton Keynes and the ongoing power play between team boss Christian Horner and the Austrian side of the deal, some of the variables that have kept Newey linked to Red Bull could yet change.
Stroll has now offered Newey an alternative and lucrative challenge to end his illustrious career, which would put him close to the highest paid drivers on the grid. It is unclear whether Stroll can be successful this time, as Newey signed a multi-year contract extension last year and said he was not planning to move away from Red Bull.
Aston Martin declined to comment when contacted by Motorsport.com/Autosport.
