Aston Martin have signed former Mercedes F1 en♓gine guru Andy Cowell as their new group chief executive officer.

Cowell has been a free agent since departing🐼 Mercedes in 2020.

He spearheaded the team’ওs F1 engine programme, becoming managing directorꦅ of Mercedes AMG HPP.

Cowell w⛎as instrumental in M𒈔ercedes’ dominance from 2014 onwards, with their power unit the class of the field.

Mercedes maintained thei♛r advantage as F1’s top pow♒er unit during Cowell’s time in charge, before stepping away ahead of the delayed 2020 campaign.

Cowell is Aston Martin’s laꦕtest high-profile addition as they gear up to become a world-championship winning outfit.

He will officially join theꦦ team in October 1, taking over from Mart♚in Whitmarsh, who is current group CEO.

Speaking of the news, Aston Mar༺tin owner Lawrence Stroll said: “I would like to thank Martin who has been instrumental in our growth phase as a business. 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.”

Cowell added: “I am thrilled to join Lawrence's exciting project and look forward to working with t꧒he tale☂nted 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 immin🌄ent completion of the AMR Technology Campus and our transition in 2026 to a full works team with our strategic partners Honda and Aramco."