Andy Cowell is the brand new staff principal of the Aston Martin System 1 staff following a restructuring that sees Mike Krack tackle a trackside position.
Krack has been Aston Martin staff principal since becoming a member of in 2022, however has been changed by Cowell — who was already group CEO — “for readability of management and as a part of a shift to a flatter construction.” Cowell solely joined in October of final yr, and was a extremely rated signing following his earlier achievements as managing director of Mercedes’ energy unit firm Excessive Efficiency Powertrains (HPP).
Aston Martin says it’s separating its aerodynamics, engineering and efficiency departments into trackside and factory-based groups, with each reporting into Cowell.
The change in staff principal sees Krack handed trackside accountability as chief trackside officer, that means his jurisdiction now not extends to the manufacturing facility personnel. That falls below the remit of latest chief technical officer Enrico Cardile, with the previous Ferrari technical director a brand new recruit this yr, and overseeing “a staff that may now focus 100% of its time on the aggressive ingenuity problem of making a brand new race automobile.”
As a part of the restructuring, skilled efficiency director Tom McCullough will transfer away from the trackside F1 staff and tackle a management positions inside the wider group, specializing in the growth of the staff’s different racing classes.
“I’ve spent the final three months understanding and assessing our efficiency, and I’ve been extremely impressed by the dedication, dedication and onerous work of this staff,” Cowell stated. “With the completion of the AMR Know-how Campus and our transition in 2026 to a full works staff, alongside our strategic companions Honda and Aramco, we’re on a journey to changing into a championship-winning staff. These organizational adjustments are a pure evolution of the multi-year plans that now we have scheduled to make and I’m extremely excited concerning the future.”
The restructuring follows a change within the technical division late final season, with Dan Fallows leaving his place as technical director and transferring into a bunch position.
On the time, McCullough prompt it was because of the lack of progress with the staff’s in-season automobile improvement, as Aston Martin completed a distant fifth within the constructors’ championship and scored 94 factors in 2024 in comparison with 280 the yr earlier than. On each events, Aston began the yr with a extra aggressive automobile than it completed the season with.
The organizational adjustments are upfront of Adrian Newey’s arrival as managing technical companion at Aston Martin later this yr.
