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F1’s greatest designer has spoken for the first time about his maiden Aston Martin project – the AMR26
Adrian Newey has acknowledged that the direction taken with the AMR26 could be viewed as aggressive due to its innovative features. Despite his reputation for aggressive designs at Red Bull, he approaches each design without labeling it as aggressive. The AMR26’s design philosophy under the new regulations has been a collaborative effort with the mechanical designers, pushing boundaries and embracing challenges. The car’s tightly packaged design is a significant departure from previous approaches and required a close working relationship to achieve the desired aerodynamic shapes. Newey admitted that choosing a specific design direction was a strategic decision made within a compressed timescale, with the outcome’s success only to be determined with time.
