Badger wrote: ↑27 Nov 2025, 14:37
Andi76 wrote: ↑27 Nov 2025, 14:23
Badger wrote: ↑27 Nov 2025, 12:10
Ridiculous and doesn’t bode well for next year. Newey talking to media 24/7 being the face of the team? I don’t believe it, it must be an interim position over the winter with someone else coming at the start of next year. Possibly Horner.
I don't think so. Newey wants full control, and now he has it. He can delegate the tasks he doesn't want to do to others. Take Ferrari 25 years ago, where Ross Brawn did most of the interviews. It could be similar at Aston Martin, with someone else taking over these tasks. This is purely about control over the team and everything that goes with it. With this "title," he has that. Someone else will take over the typical tasks of a TP. Even if Newey has to agree to certain things, someone else will take over. Mike Krack, for example.
No point calling him TP if he's just going to delegate 75% of what that job is, better to put someone else in that position then and call Adrian CTO or something. Give him full power to make decisions about the car, factory, engineering staff etc. But the TP position means being the face of the team, taking interviews, doing PR events, going to FIA meetings, being present at the races, marketing, HR, race team etc. Those aren't Adrian's strengths. Delegating all of that to someone else and still calling him TP would just be confusing and IMO poor leadership.
This to me feels like a short term solution before someone else is brought in to deal with those tasks, Adrian can be the interim TP over the winter when 90% of the focus is anyways on what he does well which is developing the car.
IF Newey really has to do "Team-Principal"-things and duties from now on, AM will waste his strength. Newey is no Ross Brawn.
