Aston Martin CEO Andy Cowell has denied that the team’s growing technical leadership structure will be counterproductive to its aim to achieve success in Formula 1.
The Silverstone-based squad has been on a mass recruiting spree in recent times as it strives to transition into potential title winners when the rules are reset in 2026.
Having hired Dan Fallows and Eric Blandin prior to the season, Aston Martin announced over the summer that it had acquired Ferrari Technical Director Enrico Cardile.
But Aston Martin’s greatest capture dropped in September as it revealed design guru Adrian Newey will lead the technical department as Managing Technical Partner.
However, Aston Martin’s recent star signing has prompted concern that possessing several senior leaders could lead to a power struggle to the detriment of the team.
Cowell, who has been tasked with assembling a championship-calibre cohort in his role as CEO, believes each recruit will hold an integral role in the side’s aspirations.
The Briton has highlighted that Mercedes accomplished much success with a similar model upon a regulation change when he oversaw the marque’s engine division.
“I remember Mercedes pulling together a gaggle of impressive technical directors and it working out okay on that run into 2014,” Cowell told media including Motorsport Week.
“We are quite a young organisation and going all the way back to the Jordan days it is a couple of decades [old].
“But the change to being a team that is targeting being at the front and operating with that level of facilities and resources is only recent.
“Whether it is setting up our own wind tunnel and all the facilities that are required to do that, whether it is making a new gearbox
to go on the back of the Honda power unit for 2026, or getting the simulation tools to be class-leading, there is a huge amount of work to be done.
“If you’ve got senior leaders that can each take one of those big challenges and focus on it, then we will get to the front quicker.”
Aston Martin drop Fallows, Cardile to replace?
Since Cowell’s comments, Aston Martin has published that Fallows will vacate his role as Technical Director amid the team’s rapid decline in competitiveness in 2024.
Reports have suggested that Cardile, who will begin work at Aston Martin in 2025, could be poised to take Fallows’ role at the British marque under Newey’s guidance.
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