{"id":120468,"date":"2025-05-21T18:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/120468\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T18:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:27:09","slug":"ferrari-regret-surfaces-as-adrian-newey-reaches-big-aston-martin-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/120468\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari ‘regret’ surfaces as Adrian Newey reaches big Aston Martin milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some elements of the Ferrari team \u2018regret\u2019 missing out on Adrian Newey\u2019s signature after his Red Bull exit last year, it has been claimed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It comes as Newey prepares to make his first trackside appearance as an Aston Martin employee<\/a> at this weekend\u2019s Monaco Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

Adrian Newey: Ferrari\u2019s biggest regret?<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Mat Coch<\/p>\n

Ferrari were heavily linked with a move for Newey after the F1 design guru announced his decision to leave Red Bull a year ago, with reports at the time claiming team principal Fred Vasseur flew to London with talks for Newey ahead of last year\u2019s Miami Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

However, a move to Maranello failed to come for fruition for Newey, who confirmed Aston Martin as his new team last September.<\/p>\n

The 66-year-old officially began his new role as managing technical partner ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in March, with Newey becoming a shareholder in the Aston Martin F1 team in the process.<\/p>\n

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Rumours last year claimed that Ferrari baulked at Newey\u2019s demands during negotiations<\/a>, with the team reluctant to be drawn into a bidding war with Aston Martin for his signature.<\/p>\n

Aston Martin have confirmed to PlanetF1.com that Newey will make his first trackside appearance with the team at this weekend\u2019s Monaco Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

And ahead of the Monte Carlo race, a report by respected Italian publication Corriere della Sera has claimed that some inside Ferrari \u2018regretted not taking him\u2019 when they had the chance in 2024.<\/p>\n

Ferrari have suffered an underwhelming start to the new season, with Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton limited to just one podium finish between them so far.<\/p>\n

It emerged last week that the team are working on a pivotal mid-season upgrade<\/a> as the Scuderia strive to rescue their season, with a revised rear suspension expected to appear the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in July.<\/p>\n

It is hoped that the part will cure Ferrari\u2019s well-documented ride-height issues, having been forced to run the SF-25 car in a compromised state since the Australian GP.<\/p>\n

Newey is currently working on Aston Martin\u2019s new car for the first year of the new regulations in F1 2026 in conjunction with incoming engine supplier Honda and team partners Aramco and Valvoline, all of whom signed a \u2018technical collaboration agreement\u2019 last year.<\/p>\n

More on Aston Martin and Ferrari from PlanetF1.com<\/p>\n

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Newey recently sparked suggestions that he has discovered a potential loophole in the F1 2026 rules by claiming that the new regulations contain more scope for \u201cinnovation\u201d that first thought.<\/p>\n

It comes after the F1 legend made similar comments about the new rules in 2022<\/a>, which saw Red Bull reassert their dominance with Max Verstappen.<\/p>\n

Newey told Aston Martin\u2019s official website:\u00a0\u201cMy thoughts on the \u201926 regulations are similar to what my thoughts were about the big regulation change for 2022: initially thinking the regulations were so prescriptive that there wasn\u2019t much left here [for a designer].<\/p>\n

\u201cBut then you start to drill into the detail and realise there\u2019s more flexibility for innovation and different approaches than first meets the eye.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw that at the start of 2022, with teams taking really quite different directions.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, of course, four seasons on, they\u2019ve largely converged, but initially that wasn\u2019t the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cVariation between teams is great. It\u2019s all a bit boring if the cars look identical and the only way you can tell them apart is the livery.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s a high probability that in \u201926 we\u2019ll see something similar to \u201922.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s enough flexibility in the regulations, and I\u2019m sure people will come up with different solutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of those will be dropped over the first two or three years as teams start to converge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newey\u2019s comments were picked up by Damon Hill<\/a>, the F1 1996 World Champion and former Sky F1 pundit, who interpreted the Aston Martin man\u2019s words as a sure sign that he has discovered a trick for the team\u2019s 2026 car.<\/p>\n

In response to Newey\u2019s interview, Hill wrote on Instagram:\u00a0\u201cHmmm. He\u2019s found something.\u201d<\/p>\n

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