Aston Martin Remove At Least Seven F1 Design Staff

Aston Martin person removed astatine slightest 7 unit from their Formula 1 creation section arsenic portion of a restructure earlier nan 2026 season.

Among those to time off nan F1 squad is Eric Blandin, who was recruited from Mercedes arsenic lawman method head successful 2022 but since nan commencement of this twelvemonth has been serving arsenic aerodynamics director.

An Aston Martin spokesperson said: "We don't remark connected soul matters and we don't person thing to denote yet.

"However, we are going done a method restructure up of nan 2026 play which will beryllium announced successful nan adjacent future."

The spokesperson refused to corroborate immoderate names but BBC Sport tin uncover that among nan others is erstwhile main designer Akio Haga.

Some of nan unit leaving nan F1 programme whitethorn beryllium retained successful different parts of nan Aston Martin motorsport business.

The group besides owns an precocious technologies division, wherever erstwhile main method serviceman Andrew Green was moved earlier nan 2023 season.

Design fable Adrian Newey joined Aston Martin as managing method partner successful March this twelvemonth and is starring nan team's 2026 car design.

The squad person besides recruited erstwhile Ferrari chassis method head Enrico Cardile, who started activity successful August aft leaving Ferrari successful July 2024.

Among nan factors down nan restructure is nan request to enactment wrong F1's costs cap. All salaries of group who activity connected nan creation of nan car are included wrong nan costs cap, isolated from those of nan 3 highest-paid executives.

Aston Martin has been done an extended recruitment thrust successful caller years arsenic they activity to move themselves into world title contenders.

Among those recruited by billionaire squad proprietor Lawrence Stroll, successful summation to Newey and Cardile, is squad main and main executive serviceman Andy Cowell, who was formerly nan caput of Mercedes' motor company, HPP.

Next year, Aston Martin commencement a mill motor business pinch Honda, who person supplied erstwhile champions Red Bull since 2019.