Andy Cowell: These are the most interesting times for us.

      Andy Cowell, head of Aston Martin F1, said that Fernando Alonso worries that the team's efforts to fix the situation this season will not affect preparations for 2026, when Formula 1 will switch to a new generation of vehicles. 

      Adrian Newey, who joined the team last spring, is primarily engaged in solving these problems, and Aston Martin hopes that the car for next season, which is being created under the guidance of a recognized genius of aerodynamics, will make it possible to fight for high results. This is also what Alonso is counting on. 

      "Every time I talk to Fernando about upgrading this year's car, his face takes on a stern expression, as if he wants to clarify: 'You're not going to damage next year's preparations, are you?'" Cowell is quoted as saying by RacingNews365. "He looks me straight in the eye, and I tell him that's it. These steps are aimed specifically at next year. We are also talking about 2027 and 2028, but we intend to achieve the maximum possible results in 2026.

      We will have to test a completely new car, powertrain, transmission, new fuel and lubricants, and all this should be ready for pre-season testing, which starts at the end of January. Then there will be two more series of tests, then we will race all season, as well as develop the car for 2027. All these are the most difficult tasks that all 11 teams of the championship have to solve

      , and we are facing an even more serious challenge due to the fact that we are going from a client team to a factory team, and this is also a very complex program that we are currently working on. After all, we will have a new transmission, a hydraulic system, a new suspension, and together with the Honda engine engineers, we are working on optimizing the power plant, guided by Adrian Newey's ideas about the architecture of the car in 2026.

      These are the most interesting times for us, and we are happy to address all these issues."