The Red Bull aerodynamics boss was announced in June in the role, but his current team made it clear at the time that he “will not leave until the conclusion of his contract, which runs until 2023”.
Negotiations between the two teams ensued, and Szafnauer has now hinted that he hopes Fallows will start with the Silverstone team early next year.
Aston has made it clear that Fallows is one of the keys to their title contender.
“Recruitment has not slowed down,” said Szafnauer. “But if they’re not very high-profile, we don’t announce all of them. We hired over 150 people this year and we will continue to do so.” rent.
“If we want to win a world championship in four years’ time, it takes manpower, infrastructure, a factory, a wind tunnel, just like the top teams, and we are on our way to achieve this.
“And yes, in the background we’re still negotiating Dan’s start time or date. And as soon as that is known, we will let everyone know. “
Otmar Szafnauer, Team Principal and CEO, Aston Martin F1
Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images
When asked if Fallows would be on board early next season, he said, “Our goal is to get him up and running as soon as possible and sometime in the first quarter of next year.
“So if it is the beginning of the next season, it will be in the first quarter of next year. Hopefully we can start it in this timeframe. “
Szafnauer confirmed that the new technical director Luca Furbatto, previously at Alfa Romeo, will soon start work.
“Luca will be with us within weeks. Yes, he was announced. But you know, like everyone they have notice periods for to train and all that. So Luca will be free to start with us within weeks.”
Szafnauer also gave a glimpse into the role of the new Aston Martin Group’s CEO, Martin Whitmarsh, who spent the US GP weekend with the team.
“He’s still getting under the table, so to speak, and learning who we are.” Szafnauer.
“We’re 600 now. And he’s spent a lot of time over the past few weeks getting to know all the senior members of the executive team and having long meetings with them. He knew some of the people from the time he was in Formula One.
“But I think most of us haven’t had a real working relationship, so he’s starting to get to know us.
“And he’s there to help us. Strategically, there is a lot for us to do, including building a campus now, hiring people, and putting processes in place that say a small team might not really have needed it, but a big team will need it. And he comes from a large team.
“When he was at McLaren. It was one of the biggest teams and I was a big team too when I was at Honda. But there are things that we didn’t have in a small team and we have to implement those things quickly as we grow.
“So there is a lot to do. When he came to the first race, he spent an evening here until everyone went home, talked to all the engineers and mechanics, got to know them, the tire engineers, the race engineers, the performance engineers, all the mechanics, number one. And so it is in this kind of learning, if you know what I mean. “
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