Aston Martin and Adrian Newey are racing to sort out a dud car as F1 season begins

Adrian Bogdan

What do you get when Formula 1’s most successful car designer takes full control of a team with cutting-edge technology? A dud, apparently. The big surprise of F1 preseason testing was seeing design great Adrian Newey’s radical-looking Aston Martin at the bottom of the time charts, sometimes slower than new team Cadillac. Aston Martin arrives at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix this week fighting just to keep its unreliable car running. At 44, a year at the back of the grid isn’t what