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Adrian Newey: Will Formula 1 design 'genius' turn Aston Martin into winners?

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Adrian Newey joins Aston Martin from Red Bull to become team principal.

The 65-year-old design genius has been at Williams , McLaren and Red Bull since 1990 .

Newey will be full-time at Aston Martin when he starts work in early March .

Red Bull have struggled this season and look likely to lose the constructors' championship to McLaren .

Adrian Newey has his work cut out at Aston Martin .

The new aerodynamics rules for 2026 will be released at the beginning of January , and he does not start work until March .

Newey is happy to embrace any engineering idea, whatever its provenance, as long as it makes the car faster.

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