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Aston blindsided by Honda staffing crisis – Newey

Mar.6 Aston Martin only discovered after signing its Honda works deal that the Japanese manufacturer had lost the bulk of its experienced engineering staff – a revelation that goes to the heart of the team's deepening crisis in Melbourne. Adrian Newey said on Friday that the bombshell only emerged in November last year, when he travelled to Tokyo alongside team owner Lawrence Stroll and CEO Andy Cowell to investigate 'rumours' that Honda would miss its original power targets for the season opener. 'We only really became aware of it in November of last year,' Newey said. 'Out of that came the fact that many of the original workforce had not returned when they restarted. So, no...
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