Former McLaren F1 mechanic Marc Priestley has waꩲrned Aston Martin t🧔hat signing Adrian Newey won’t necessarily resolve their current lack of form.

In September 2024, Aston Martin announced Newey as their Managing Technical🅷 Partner. 

Newey will lead Aston Martin’s design team, officia𓆉lly ওassuming the role later this year.

Howe🌠ver, Priestley has warned that Newey alone won’t guarantee Aston Martin’s future success.

Speaking to , Priestley s💟aid: “Adrian Newey is a fantastic engineer and has a brilliant mind, but one individual does not guarantee success when developing a new F1 car.

“I'm not saying that Aston Martin don't have a great team, but we've seen evidence that they have been pretty unsuccessful in designing a good car and thꦡen developing that car throughout the season.

“Newey is joining a team with very limited success♓, b♍ut Aston Martin have just attained new state-of-the-art factories, and the team is growing rapidly.”

Varying Success for Aston Martin

Since Lawrence Stroll’s acquisition of the Silverstone-based outfit, the team has experienced 🦄varied success.

In 2020, as Racing Point, they finished fourth in the F1 constructo꧑rs’ championship, securing a win in Sakhir.

Fernando Alonso’s arrival in 2023 coincided with their best season yet. Aston Martin started the year as the second-fastest team behind Red Bull, scoring six🦂 podiums in eight races through Alonsꦑo.

Alonso narrowl✤y missed out on a win in Monaco,💃 with Aston Martin losing out on strategy during changeable conditions.

However, the last two years have followed a familiar pattern for Aston Martin as they struggled t🍌o develop their car effectively throughout the season.

Reflecting on Aston Martin's development woes, Alonso blamed the Mercedes windꦅ tunnel.

"It's not an easy solution or an easy a🌳nswer, beca✅use if not, probably we will do it a little bit easier than what we have found," the Spaniard told the BBC's Chequered Flag podcast.

"I think a probl♎em of understanding a little bit the insidesꦍ of the car, some of the wind tunnel problems that I think also Mercedes faced last year, in terms of developing the car. Our wind tunnel usage is a little bit limited by using the Mercedes tunnel."