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Aston Martin have signed a former colleague of Adrian Newey to bolster the F1 team, Crash.net has learned.
Aston Martin has successfully convinced a former Red Bull engineer, Giles Wood, to return to F1 and bolster their simulation tools at their Silverstone headquarters.
Wood previously worked alongside legendary car designer Adrian Newey at Red Bull, playing a key role in the team’s world title success with Sebastian Vettel between 2010 and 2013.
After leaving F1 to work with Apple on autonomous technologies, Wood has been lured back by Aston Martin and will reunite with Newey in their pursuit of success.
Aston Martin has also recruited Gioacchino Vino as their new chief aerodynamicist, following his successful stints at Toyota, Red Bull, and Mercedes.
With Newey pinpointing the simulator correlation as the team’s biggest area for improvement, Aston Martin is embarking on a two-year project to enhance their research tools and competitiveness in F1.
