New Aston Martin boss Andy Cowell has vowed to make the team "robotic" with its F1 development as it looks to challenge for the title.
Cowell was appointed as CEO last year, and it was announced in January 2025 that he would take over as team principal, with Mike Krack moving to the new role of chief trackside officer.
Cowell, a former head of Mercedes High-Performance Powertrains, is now tasked with delivering success for Aston in its new state-of-the-art factory, and big technical signings, including Adrian Newey from Red Bull and Enrico Cardile from Ferrari.
Speaking whilst still just CEO, Cowell revealed his focus for the team moving forward.
"I guess 2026 is an opportunity for everybody, but we are working hard to make the car quicker for next year [as well], and with our new facilities for 2026, 2027, 2028, we are growing with our facilities," he told select media including RacingNews365.
"I don't like the phrase of rolling a dice, I'm more from the school of: 'you work hard and make your own luck'.
"It is what somebody said about playing golf, the more I do, the luckier I get, so it is every single project I want us to get better at, it is not just targetting one point.
"It is a change for us, but I want to be amazingly creative on everything that we are working on and then really robotic with the way we do experiments, and believe the result from the experiment.
"We will try and lose our emotional attachment to the idea when we look at the results and learn and get back around as fast as we can."
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