Former McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh will join the Aston Martin team as Group CEO. Sebastian Vettel is delighted with Whitmarsh's arrival and praises him as a strong asset to the team.
Whitmarsh will look after Aston Martin's new Performance Technologies division. Four-time world champion Vettel reveals he has every confidence in Aston Martin's new acquisition to become a team that can compete for the title.
'Helps us achieve what we want to achieve'
"I know Martin from just when he left, I started more or less in Formula 1," Vettel tells Autosport.com. "I’ve never worked with him and I don’t know him good enough to judge. So I think we need to be open-minded. Obviously, we expected to strengthen the team, otherwise, there is no point signing new people or adding people to the team."
“I think it looks like a strong recruitment, and hopefully helps us to achieve what we want to achieve in the future", Vettel finishes. Whitmarsh was involved with McLaren for a long time when they were successful at the top. Aston Martin's new recruit seems like a good step towards the top.