- The Aston Martin F1 workforce named Andy Cowell as its new workforce principal
- Cowell beforehand served as the pinnacle of the Mercedes-Benz AMG F1 workforce’s energy unit division
- Cowell’s appointment comes after the Aston Martin F1 workforce employed Adrian Newey and chosen Honda as an influence unit provider
After snagging Crimson Bull Racing star aerodynamicist Adrian Newey late final yr, the Aston Martin Method 1 workforce has now made one other main rent.
The workforce on Jan. 10 introduced that Andy Cowell will take over this season as workforce principal from Mike Krack, who has held the place since 2022. Krack will stay with the workforce, serving as its chief trackside officer.
Cowell is greatest recognized for his time spent at Mercedes-Benz AMG Excessive Efficiency Powertrains, the U.Okay.-based division chargeable for the Mercedes F1 workforce’s energy models.
Cowell left the division in 2020 after a 16-year stint, throughout which he was promoted to the managing director function. Throughout that point, Mercedes secured each the F1 Constructors’ and Drivers’ Championships in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
Andy Cowell
Cowell joins Aston Martin at a time of main renewal. The workforce had aimed to construct on their encouraging 2023 season, which featured eight podium finishes and a climb to fifth place within the Constructors’ standings, thanks largely to star driver Fernando Alonso. Nonetheless, whereas the workforce maintained that place in 2024, it didn’t safe any podiums and scored simply 94 factors in comparison with the earlier yr’s 280.
This yr, Newey will start designing the workforce’s 2026 automotive, which is able to run an influence unit developed in partnership with Honda. At the moment Aston Martin sources energy models from Mercedes. The workforce’s Aerodynamics, Engineering, and Efficiency Departments may also be cut up between devoted trackside groups and groups based mostly at Aston Martin’s F1 headquarters close to the Silverstone Circuit. The transfer will permit the workforce on the F1 headquarters, formally the AMR Expertise Campus, to completely deal with designing and constructing new race automobiles.
“With the completion of the AMR Expertise Campus and our transition in 2026 to a full works workforce, alongside our strategic companions Honda and Aramco, we’re on a journey to changing into a championship-winning workforce,” Cowell stated in an announcement.
The 2025 F1 season will get underway on March 16 with the Australian Grand Prix.
