Enrico Cardile, technical director of chassis area of Ferrarithere would be already signed with Aston Martinaccording to the Italian website ‘Formu1a.uno’. The reason given for the author of the team’s latest single-seaters, including the current SF-24, is that Fred Vasseur this redesigning what will be the Ferrari of the future with names that the Frenchman has chosen.
Loic Serra, Vasseur’s compatriot, will become Head of Chassis Performance Engineering, but with powers from various other areas, both in clueas in the aerodynamic and performance development. Serra, which comes from Mercedeswhere he was performance director, was going to be under Cardile’s command in the Sports Management area, but cWith his departure he could be one of the great technical managers of the team that will have Leclerc and Hamilton as pilots in 2025.
Aston’s new factory
Cardile has developed his entire career within Ferrari, first in street cars, then in the GT department and finally in the F1 and now accepts the challenge of Aston Martin, who is organizing the staff that will soon be called to work in New facilities, especially the new wind tunnel and simulator, from 2025with which it is expected that the team of Alonso and Stroll will begin to take the great competitive leap.
People wonder What does McLaren have that Aston doesn’t have? to have grown so much in recent times, when the structures are similar. The big difference lies in that tunnel in Woking which began to work at full capacity, since it was inaugurated in October 2023. In just six months, pieces are being designed that They are beginning to become the reference for F1… while Aston Martin works at the Mercedes facility on a freelance basis rent and in some others.
Could you agree with Newey and Alonso?
For several weeks now The much-hyped arrival of Adrian Newey at Ferrari, which was considered a given in Imola (May), is now being kept completely silentwhen not comments that the negotiation has cooled down or that the president of the company is no longer so interested, John Elkann. It may be a diversion tactic before his arrival, but in an interview published this Sunday in ‘Corriere della Sera’, Ferrari’s top ‘capo’ does not make it clear whether he will arrive or not.
“You have to be careful. You have to find the right moment to do things, as happened with Hamilton. With him there was a convergence of intentions that allowed us to work together. There are many possibilities, Newey or others, that must be carefully evaluated if the conditions are met. We need to understand the level of motivation and the ability to create new things, rather than copying others,” he says.
His words are very ambiguous, but he does not speak of a decisive commitment to English and speaks of motivationssomething that In the case of Newey, At 63 years old and with their part-time demands (about 140 days a year) they could not to be liked by Elkann, especially if we are talking about a salary of 100 million or similar. Talking about other possibilities does not seem very optimistic for the British to end up in Maranello either.
Just in case, Lawrence Stroll has already invited Newey to visit the new Aston Martin factory F1 at Silverstone and his son, Lance, He spoke this Thursday in Spielberg about the subject. “That It would be fucking awesome. He’s the GOAT. He has more championships than anyone else in this paddock. He is someone that everyone would like to have. “I’m not sure anyone would say no to having Adrian on board, that’s for sure, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he joined Aston Martin,” said the Canadian hours after his renewal was announced.
What looked like red could turn out to be British Racing Green, the traditional colour of the island’s cars in car racing, which Aston Martin still maintains today.
