Andy Cowell will leave Aston Martin F1 this year

A special new job that is totally not a demotion and sounds permanent until a couple months later is the F1 paddock’s version of the golden parachute for the top tier of jobs that still to some extent involve actual racing. It’s not really news that Cowell was effectively fired as team principal at the end of 2025, but it did make a modicum of sense for him to concentrate his expertise on making sure the new Honda power unit made it to the grid. Job done now.