Aston Martin has announced the appointment of Andy Cowell, formerly Managing Director at Mercedes AMG HPP. as its new Group Chief Executive Officer.

Cowell will join the team on 1 October, reporting to Executive Chairman, Lawrence Stroll. Current Group CEO Martin Whitmarsh will be handing over responsibility before the end of the year.

Cowell is a Fellow of IMechE and the Royal Academy of Engineering and started at Cosworth before joining BMW Motorsport in 2000 and Mercedes-Ilmor in 2004 as Principal Engineer.

At Mercedes-Benz HPE, he was Engineering Director between 2008 and 2013. He became Managing Director of Mercedes AMG HPP in 2013 during the successful V6 turbo-hybrid era where the Mercedes F1 team won both the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships between 2014 and 2020.

"I would like to thank Martin who has been instrumental in our growth phase as a business," said Lawrence Stroll. "In the last three years, he has developed the team and has helped us achieve some significant milestones, including fostering our relationship with Honda and delivering our state-of-the-art AMR Technology Campus at Silverstone.

"I am delighted to welcome Andy to our team at a crucial time. Together with our works partnership with Honda, the commitment from our title partner Aramco and Andy's leadership we are on track to become a world championship winning team. Andy has my full backing and will have every resource available to win."

"I have known Andy for many years and brought him to Mercedes HPP in 2004 where he became Managing Director between 2013 and 2020, achieving huge success in the business and sport," said Martin Whitmarsh. "He will be an incredible asset to Aston Martin Aramco and will make a significant contribution to the execution of our strategy going forward.

"Andy's arrival in October and the completion of the AMR Technology Campus will allow me to step away and focus on other projects in my life, knowing that the foundations have been established with an impressive team, inspiring vision and advanced facilities to achieve success in F1."

"I am thrilled to join Lawrence's exciting project," said Cowell, "and look forward to working with the talented group of people that has been assembled.

"F1 has always been my competitive passion, and I am joining Aston Martin Aramco at an exciting time with the imminent completion of the AMR Technology Campus and our transition in 2026 to a full works team with our strategic partners Honda and Aramco."

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1. Posted by Max Noble, 04/07/2024 8:42

"Wow… They really are serious. Now we just need to wait a few years for their “Multi-21” radio message so that Lance becomes their first World Champion… I’m thinking the 2027 season…

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2. Posted by trackrecords, 03/07/2024 16:13

"If only both of the team's drivers were 100% committed towards the 'cause'. Release Lance into the wild: let him go and play golf, tennis or whatsoever he really wants to do. The kid isn't happy. A self-made Billionaire for a dad, cannot be the easiest of standards to hope to achieve let alone equal. Especially when yours is a frustrated racing driver. Do what rich kids normally do, race classic/historic cars."

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3. Posted by Tardis40, 02/07/2024 23:57

"Stroll is making a believer out of me at least. I think it would be good for the sport to see his endeavor bear fruit."

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