Enrico Cardile: Aston Martin’s 2026 ambitions + working with Adrian Newey

F1 Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

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 Chief Technical Officer, his aim is to turn Aston into winners.

Enrico tells 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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0:00.0	Every person in Formula One is chasing wins.
0:10.0	And 2026, F1's new era, brings big opportunities for teams like Aston Martin.
0:17.0	I'm not good on celebrating, so I will be massively satisfied for five minutes, because then is, okay, what next? What next? What next? That is my nature. I need targets. I need the journey to the target.
0:38.8	This is F1 Beyond the Grid. I'm Tom Clarkson.
0:46.0	Enrico Cardiolet's journey began in Italy. His target was never Formula One, but after working
0:53.2	on Ferrari road cars, he moved to the
0:55.8	F1 team and to single-seaters that took Sebastian Vettel, Kimmy Reichenen and Charler
1:01.3	Claire to race wins.
1:03.3	So what drove an Italian Formula One engineer to move away from Italy and away from Ferrari?
1:09.4	Well, a new target, helping Aston Martin to become
1:13.8	F1 winners. Enrico is Aston's chief technical officer. He joined midway through 2025,
1:21.0	and his focus is developing the car for the new technical rules in 26. And he's not the only person to leave a team with a full
1:29.4	trophy cabinet to join one hoping to fill theirs up. In the office next door to Enrico,
1:35.0	is Adrian Newey, now also in Aston Green. Enrico tells me about working alongside Adrian at
1:41.5	Aston's state-of-the-art factory at Silverston, and what Lance
1:45.6	Stroll has in common with Reichenen and how feedback from him and Fernando Alonso is driving the team forward.
1:52.9	Aston Martin are gearing up for a huge opportunity, and Enrico is right at the heart of things.
2:07.5	Enrico, it's lovely to see you again.
2:09.0	How are you, first of all?
2:10.5	I'm very fine.
2:11.8	Very good, very good.
2:12.3	Thank you.
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