Aston Martin breaks SILENCE on rumors of giving ‘big money offer’ to Red Bull Aero genius Adrian Newey

Aston Martin Chairman Lawrence Stroll was rumored to be interested in bringing Adrian Newey to the Silverstone-based team.

Aston Martin breaks SILENCE on rumors of giving ‘big money offer’ to Red Bull Aero genius Adrian Newey

Lawrence Stroll [L] Adrian Newey [R] (images via IMAGO)

Adrian Newey is considered to be one of the greatest designers in the history of Formula 1. The 65-year-old has stayed with Red Bull for almost two decades. However, rivals have been keen on trying to poach the Briton, including Aston Martin. Now, Aston Martin Team Principal Mike Krack has finally addressed such speculation.

It was believed that Aston Martin Chairman Lawrence Stroll offered a lucrative contract to Newey. The Red Bull aero genius was rumored to be contemplating leaving Milton Keynes due to escalating tensions. Krack was asked if the Silverstone-based team had made such an offer to Adrian Newey. The 52-year-old firmly denied these rumors.

No!
Mike Krack told Sky Sports
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Mike Krack pointed out that Aston Martin had a strong technical team, including ex-Red Bull aerodynamics head Dan Fallows. The 52-year-old mentioned that legendary Alpine designer Bob Bell recently joined the Silverstone-based team. Krack claimed that the British team was happy with its technical set-up for the time being.

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Look, we have a very strong technical team with Dan [Fallows], with Tom [McCullough], with Luca [Furbatto]. We were joined lately by Bob Bell. We're quite happy with what we have at the moment.
Mike Krack stated

Mike Krack claims Aston Martin did not copy Red Bull’s designs to achieve success

Aston Martin made stellar progress over the winter break before the 2023 F1 season. Fernando Alonso was the best-of-the-rest behind Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez in the first half of the year. Critics alleged that the Silverstone-based squad had copied Red Bull’s designs with the help of former Red Bull engineers including Fallows.

Mike Krack (via IMAGO)
Mike Krack (via IMAGO)

Mike Krack highlighted that when regulations stay relatively stable year on year. As such there was a general trend of convergence in terms of car development. The Aston Martin team boss claimed that the entire grid was slowing converging to a similar philosophy to that of Adrian Newey and Red Bull. As such, the 52-year-old made it clear that there was nothing different at Silverstone.

We know the cars are all converging to a similar philosophy, so I don't think there is anything special on ours compared to the others, to be honest.
Mike Krack concluded

Aston Martin has fallen behind the likes of Ferrari and McLaren since the start of last season. The Silverstone-based team currently sits fifth in the standings one point behind Mercedes. However, the British team would need to bring in some major in-season upgrades to potentially challenge for race victories this year.

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