Adrian Newey is ‘going to clash’ with technical chief if he joins Aston Martin

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Adrian Newey is a man in demand which shouldn’t come as much of a surprise given his extraordinary winning record in Formula 1.

Red Bull will be well aware of the implications of losing the 65-year-old, especially going into a year where developing a car to a completely new set of regulations is going to become more and more important.

The importance of trying to hire Adrian Newey has been recognised by the rest of the paddock which is why he’s already received several offers from teams.

Ferrari were unwilling to match Newey’s demands despite being very interested in bringing him in alongside Lewis Hamilton for 2025.

The latest team to show a concrete interest in Newey is Alpine who have made him a huge financial offer to join the French team.

However, the most likely destination for the designer at this stage appears to be Aston Martin.

Speaking on The Race Podcast, journalists Mark Hughes and Ben Anderson were discussing a potential Newey arrival at the Silverstone-based team.

They pondered that Newey might have an issue with working alongside chief technical officer Enrico Cardile after comments the Italian made about the importance of a car’s suspension.

Cardile will arrive at Aston Martin next year from Ferrari, who are having significant problems with bouncing due to the latest update fitted to the car at the Spanish Grand Prix.

Newey and Cardile’s thoughts on solving issues like this might make working together trickier than expected if both men end up at Aston Martin.

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Enrico Cardile and Adrian Newey could disagree on fundamental issue at Aston Martin

Talking about the development of this year’s Ferrari, Hughes admits that they’ve always been an ‘outlier’ compared to how the other top teams perform.

However, Ferrari’s 2024 car now can’t run at the ride height it did previously.

Talking further about the situation, Hughes continued: “There’s something fundamentally not being understood there to end up in that situation. Is there a fundamental limitation in the suspension?

“I remember talking pre-season about something that the then technical director, Enrico Cardile, had said, where he’d said, I think suspension’s overrated, it’s only important if it’s bad.

“Basically, you just do a good, competent suspension that does all the things you want the suspension to do aerodynamically and then that’s it. You can forget about it, the rest is aerodynamics.”

Anderson jokingly replied: “He’s going to clash with Newey if Newey ends up there, isn’t he?”

Hughes agreed and continued: “Yeah, then that seems counter to everything that, as you say, people like Newey have said and people at Mercedes.

“So, it may just be that was Enrico’s way of explaining something in his second language.

“But maybe there is something fundamental within the car that is limiting it at the moment.

“It’s a deeper rooted, longer-term research program to get out of that hole rather than just, an aero tweak to a quickly redesigned floor that gets it out of that awkward point.

“But yeah, interesting to see how that develops in the remainder of the season too.”

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Lewis Hamilton has joked about Fernando Alonso’s podium drought amid Aston Martin’s struggles

Aston Martin sit comfortably in 5^th in the Constructors’ Championship this year and unless one of the five teams below them suddenly make a significant breakthrough in the development of their cars, it’s likely where they’ll finish the season.

It means Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll have to settle for minor points most weekends unless there are several retirements ahead of them.

While Cardile and Newey may have their differences, Lawrence Stroll and Mike Krack will hope their expertise alongside the likes of Dan Fallows and Andy Cowell can lift the team in the standings from next year.

However, that hasn’t stopped Lewis Hamilton teasing Alonso about his lack of recent podium finishes.

The Spaniard will be hoping he can end his long wait to stand on the top step of the rostrum once again sooner rather than later.