Newey: “Goosebumps, we’ve been working more than 12 hours a day for the last few months”

The first Aston Martin from the English genius presented Aston Martin presented the AMR26 in Saudi Arabia. Adrian Newey’s creation arrived in Barcelona for the Shakedown on the tightrope and from Wednesday it has been awaited like all the other single-seaters since the first winter testing session in Bahrain. “I have goosebumps – said Adrian Newey at the presentation – the AMR26 in Barcelona was all black because we didn’t even have time to paint it, it was fabulous, Lawrence and I were in the pit lane and when it came out of the pits we had tears in our eyes for everything that was behind the debut in the Shakedown”. “I think that 2026 will be a season of enormous development for everyone – added Newey – the cars we will see in Melbourne will be very different from those we saw in Barcelona. I am convinced that the pace of development will be very fast throughout the championship. There is an excellent atmosphere within the team, we have worked 12 hours a day if not more in recent months and it is essential that there is harmony when you have to face such heavy efforts”.