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Aston Martin has been going through some major restructuring recently in their hopes to bring the team a Championship, and it looks like even the top leadership positions are among those subject to change.
The team announced today that current Team Principal, Andy Cowell, is set to step down from this role at the end of the year. Taking over the role from the 2026 Formula 1 season will be current Technical Director, Adrian Newey.
These changes are part of several large-scale adjustments Aston Martin has made to its personnel, starting with the arrival of Newey and of former Ferrari Head of Aerodynamics, Enrico Cardile, as Chief Technical Officer in early 2025. The team is also reported to be currently undergoing a wider restructuring of their technical staff with the aim of refocusing the Silverstone-based outfit on goals set out by Newey and Cardile.
In his first season with Aston Martin, Newey put his energy into designing the team’s 2026 challenger, as the sport is set to undergo a major technical regulations overhaul next year. And now, as he steps up to the helm of the team, Newey will oversee the execution of that design on track, as well as the continued optimization of the team as a whole.
Meanwhile, Cowell will stay within Aston Martin, becoming chief of strategy from 2026.
Cowell first joined Aston Martin as Group Chief Executive Officer in fall of 2024 and was appointed team principal at the start of the 2025 season.
Prior to joining the team headed by Lawrence Stroll, Cowell was at the helm of the Mercedes High Performance Powertrains. It was under his leadership that the Mercedes hybrid power units which dominated the F1 world between 2014 and 2021 were developed. And in those eight years, those power units collected a total of 15 World Championship titles: eight Constructors’, and seven Drivers’.
With Aston Martin heading into a transitional year as they switch their engine providers from Mercedes to Honda for 2026, having someone with such a pedigree as head of strategy to oversee that transition feels more like a carefully thought-out move towards success for the team than anything else, much like the nuanced designs of Newey’s Championship-winning cars.
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