Adrian Newey highlights Red Bull 'deja vu' at Aston Martin

Adrian Newey has stated he has a sense of “deja vu” at Aston Martin as he looks to turn the team into a front-running squad.

Newey joined the Silverstone-based outfit this year as he ended his 20-year association with Red Bull.

His tenure at the team began in 2005 when it was a midfield competitor following its takeover of Jaguar, before it entered championship contention at the end of the decade.

Jaguar had also struggled for results before Red Bull took it over, with Newey having a significant influence on its surge up the order.

Newey highlighted a sense of uncertainty that can development within a team if it goes too long without successful results.

“This is also the culture thing that [at] Red Bull when I started, it was the ashes of Team Jaguar that had been under Ford management for many years,” Newey reflected on the James Allen on F1 podcast.

“It had never had any significant success. I don't think it had a podium. 

“Under Jaguar's badge, they had very limited success, and so people have started to lose belief that they could ever win a race. 

“And once you stop believing that you can do that then everything goes wrong.

“Complacency sets in, laziness sets in, lack of self-belief creeps in if you're not careful, blame culture can set in as well.”

“That was quite a difficult thing to overturn at Red Bull. I won't say too much, but there is a bit of deja vu at the moment.”

Aston Martin is spying an opportunity to take a step up the pecking order next year with a major regulation change on the horizon.