F1 teams warned: Newey 'will be at Monaco GP... with the notebook'

Since joining the ranks of Aston Martin Newey has been hard at work focused on the development and design of the 2026 F1 car.

This week, for the Monaco Grand Prix, however, the acclaimed designer will not be present at the Silverstone campus, but rather at the Aston Martin pitwall.

Whilst Newey is the most successful F1 car designer the sport has ever seen, his genius goes beyond the drawing board, as the Briton's car configuration and set-up prowess are second to none as well.

In recent times his input proved essential for Red Bull Racing helping the team salvage the most it could from races like Singapore 2023, for instance.

Now Aston Martin may count on Newey's presence trackside as of the Monaco GP.

"I plan to be in Monaco… with the notebook," he stated in his first interview as Aston Martin's Managing Technical Partner, published on the team's website.

At Imola, the Silverstone-based squad introduced a series of upgrades which the team understood and were able to extract significant performance from with Fernando Alonso qualifying in the top 5, a result he'd not matched since the 2024 Japanese Grand Prix.

Although the circumstances during the race did not favour the Spaniard, nor his Canadian teammate Lance Stroll, the team's rediscovered pace certainly provided hope for the upcoming races.

It is worthy of note, however, that the upgrades were the first bits to come out of the new and recently premiered wind tunnel at Aston Martin's state of the art facility.

Newey's involvement in the AMR25's development has been limited to 'chats' with the technical team charged with moving Aston Martin up the order this season.

"Lawrence understandably wants us to do as well as we can in 2025 so there's a small team still working on this year's car from an aerodynamics point of view. I've had a few lunchtime conversations with that small group, discussing the car and what we can do about it," he said.

However, GPblog understand's that beyond that, he's had little to no impact in the recent batch of updates.