Enrico Cardile on Aston Martin’s 2026 ambitions and working with Adrian Newey

Ahead of a new era of Formula 1 in 2026, Italian engineer Enrico Cardile moved from Ferrari to Aston Martin. Working alongside Adrian Newey as the team’s Chief Technical Officer, his aim is to turn Aston into winners.

Enrico tells host Beyond The Grid host Tom Clarkson how he studied Ferrari at university, before joining the company as a young engineer in the road car division.

He moved on to the F1 team, developing single-seaters which took Kimi Raikkonen, Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc to Grand Prix wins.

Enrico left Ferrari and joined Aston Martin in summer 2025. He describes the differences between an established team and one which is still building.

He describes working with Adrian Newey at Aston’s state-of-the-art factory, what Lance Stroll has in common with Raikkonen, and how driver feedback from Stroll and Fernando Alonso is helping to drive the team forwards.

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