The future is uncertain, but Aston Martin is always in the crosshairs

The future of Adrian Newey is certainly one of the most discussed topics at the moment: after the association with Aston Martin, among various rumors, McLaren is also visible.

The intention ofAston Martin for the future of Adrian Newey now it is very obvious. Although in the end he signed a a new contract with Red Bull last year, there are still many rumors surrounding the figure of the engineer. The Silverstone team, indeed, would appear to have presented Newey with an offer “for very high figures” to convince him get rid of his current one, although a large, team. Someone who certainly deserves the ambitions that the founder of the team, Lawrence Stroll, continues to show. Especially in front of the camera.

Adrian Newey’s CV is certainly very respectable, and not surprising that so many teams seem to be interested for his possible cooperation. Before building winning machines for Red Bull, Newey worked with McLaren and before that with Williams. The British team with which Damon Hill won the world title in 1996. The same Hill who, during an interview with Sky F1, wondered if it could be a McLarenand not Aston Martin, a capable project capture attention of Newey.

Possible “flashback”?

Hill’s comments are more than valid. Just look results obtained by the British team to ensure a significant increase in his performance this season. And better results obtained in Shanghai Last weekend was just more proof of this. “I wonder what would have happened if Adrian was looking around and he was thinking of McLaren as a team to go” Hill reflected. “They have already proven themselves on the right pathIt’s definitely a growing team” continued the former driver during his speech on Sky F1.

After being back to get the podium again and again last season, McLaren continued its best results until 2024. Currently, the “papaya team” is fighting with Scuderia di Maranello for the award second place in the Manufacturers Ranking. Despite this, for Karun Chandhok, Hill’s teammate in Sky F1, the real challenge for McLaren is to win victory in at least one Grand Prix. Which hasn’t happened since Italian Grand Prix in 2021, in Monza. But the doubt that this can happen this year remains, mainly because, as answered Chandhok: “time Red Bull had some problemsit wasn’t McLaren that picked up the pieces, but a Ferrari“.