Overview

• Enrico Cardile has started as Aston Martin’s chief technical officer after leaving Ferrari, joining a leadership group that includes design lead Adrian Newey.
• Cardile contrasts Ferrari’s entrenched methods with Aston Martin’s evolving setup, urging a lean structure and a distinct identity rather than copying rivals.
• Aston Martin has brought online a CoreWeave wind tunnel and a new simulator at its expanded Silverstone campus, with an emphasis on turning capability into results.
• With sweeping 2026 regulations approaching, Newey is focused on the next-generation car as Cardile acknowledges multiple unknowns and says the team will make calculated development bets.
• Setting a high bar with the message that failure is not an option, Cardile frames 2026 as the chance to move beyond recent mediocrity and target a step from podiums toward contention.