Official: Cowell replaces Whitmarsh at Aston Martin

Andy Cowell will join Aston Martin as Chief Executive Officer on 1 October 2024. Martin Whitmarsh will leave the role at the end of 2024.

New appointment confirms Lawrence Stroll and Aston Martin’s commitment to making the team a Formula 1 World Championship contender

Cowell’s career began at Cosworth before moving to BMW Motorsport in 2000 and then Mercedes-Ilmor in 2004 as Chief Engineer. At Mercedes-Benz HPE he was Director of Engineering from 2008 to 2013, before becoming Managing Director of Mercedes AMG HPP during the successful V6 turbo hybrid era that saw the Mercedes F1 team win the Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships between 2014 and 2020.

Laurens WalkManaging Director of Aston Martin Aramco, said: “I am grateful to Martin, who has played a key role in shaping the company. Over the past three years he has developed the team and helped us achieve significant success, including strengthening our relationship with Honda and establishing a state-of-the-art technology campus at Silverstone.

“I am delighted to welcome Andy to our team. Together with our partnership with Honda, the commitment of our title partner Aramco and under Andy’s leadership, we are on our way to becoming a world championship-winning team. I fully support Andy, he will have all the tools to win.”

Martin WhitmarschChief Executive of Aston Martin Performance Technologies: “I have known Andy for many years and brought him to Mercedes HPP in 2004, where he became Managing Director between 2013 and 2020 and achieved tremendous success in business and sport. He will be an incredible asset to Aston Martin Aramco and will make a significant contribution to our strategy going forward.

“Andy’s arrival in October and the completion of the AMR Technology Campus will allow me to step back and focus on other projects in my life, knowing that the foundations for success in Formula 1 are built on an impressive team, inspiring vision and cutting-edge skills and equipment.”

Andy Cowel: “I am delighted to be part of Lawrence’s exciting project and look forward to working with the talented group of people he has assembled. Formula 1 has always been a passion of mine and I join Aston Martin Aramco at an exciting time, with the AMR Technology Campus soon to be completed and us moving into a fully-fledged operating environment with our strategic partners Honda and Aramco in 2026.”