Andy Cowell is Aston Martin’s new chief and his involvement in the project seems out of any doubt. The engineer was present at the Australian Grand Prix and as soon as he finished the race took a flight of more than 16,000 kilometers To be in the team factory to meet with Adrian Newey and analyze all the weekend data. The objective is none other than to provide Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll the best possible car as soon as possible.
The leader of Aston Martin He crossed half the world to not only deliver the data to Newey, but also to transmit him feedback Pilot staff with AMR25 And in which direction the first improvement package that the legend of the automotive must have prepared for the month of May must be directed.
Cowell believed it was essential to involve a Newey that began working on the green team officially on March 2 and that there are some Huge hope that he can turn Fernando Alonso into a tricampeón of the world of formula 1. The engineer who has been the architect of Sebastian Vettel or Max Verstappen’s titles hopes to replicate those successes in Aston Martin.
That is why the trip of a Andy Cowell that will now cross half the world until reaching Shanghai (China) For the second race of the season. In just five days, Aston Martin’s chief will get between chest and back more than 26,000 kilometers to make it clear that he wants to row until victory.
These details are those who like a Fernando Alonso who did not have the best possible start of the season in Australia After an accident caused by an exit by Oscar Piastri. The Australian filled the track with gravel and the Asturian took ahead losing control of his car and ending starry against the wall.
Good performance for Fernando Alonso
Despite this misfortune, Aston Martin gave a good performance in the ocean career as demonstrated by the sixth position in which Lance Stroll ended in what was his best result since 2023. The Canadian It had much less rhythm than Fernando Alonso in the race And this shows that, if not having misfortune, the Asturian could have been fighting even for podium stalls.
Aston Martin has a dilemma ahead this season Not knowing whether to focus from the first moment in the 2026 car with the new regulations or try to hurry this 2025 with the knowledge that Adrian Newey brings of his hosted successes with Red Bull. Be that as it may, Fernando Alonso seems to be in better hands than in the past.
We all remember that dark era in Alpine where the pilot’s longevity and even his talent with the leader Otmar Szafnauer as the main instigator of that outrage. Now the Asturian, at 43, has a long -term contract that will allow him to prove the new cars of 2026 and decide whether to continue prolonging or not his successful career in Formula 1. The letters you have in your hand seem winning.
