Newey gave Horner a tour of the Aston Martin base.

      The British press reports that Adrian Newey gave Christian Horner a tour of the Aston Martin base "under cover of darkness."

      In the days of the Las Vegas Grand Prix there was active discussion in the paddock of a scenario in which Christian Horner would return to Formula 1 in the foreseeable future as team principal at Aston Martin. However, on Wednesday evening the team unexpectedly announced that, instead of Andy Cowell, Adrian Newey would become the team principal next season. But according to BBC Sport, Horner was at the Aston Martin base.

      According to their source, Newey gave his former Red Bull colleague a tour of the Aston Martin base on Tuesday evening. BBC Sport adds, citing sources within the team, that Horner will not be given any role at Aston Martin.

      Meanwhile, British broadcaster Sky Sports allows for the possibility that Horner could still end up at Aston Martin next season as an executive director in the mould of Zak Brown at McLaren. In that case Horner would take on political matters and be responsible for communications with the press, while Newey would focus on running the team.