Newey: “How much will we improve with the update? I can’t say too much, we don’t have precise tools”

In Hungary Newey plays Alonso Adrian Newey has declared what didn’t work from the start on the Aston Martin he designed. In Hungary, Lawrence Stroll’s team will introduce an important package of updates and Newey’s hope is to convince Alonso to stay also in 2027. The aerodynamics wizard did not want to say too much about how much Aston Martin expects to improve thanks to these upcoming innovations which will above all reduce the currently decidedly excessive weight. “We expect a significant step forward, but I hesitate to give precise numbers because our simulation tools are not yet as sophisticated or well correlated as they should be – in Newey’s words – historically, this team has not invested enough in engineering simulation tools: not only in project management systems, but in fundamental physical modeling tools”. “We are now making these investments, but it is not possible to rewrite and validate these tools overnight – he added – their correct correlation with the real car takes time. “At the moment they are improving, but the concrete benefits deriving from this work will be seen later in the year”.

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2026-06-30 18:00:00