Aston Martin have appointed former Alpine strategic advisor Bob Bell has their new technical executive director.
Bell had been working with the Enstone team in an advisory capacity after previously working as the team’s technical director and then chief technical officer.
He joins Aston Martin in a new role as ‘executive director of technical’, working under team principal Mike Krack at the their Silverstone base. Aston Martin say Bell will hold “overall responsibility for the technical, engineering and performance functions” of the F1 team, which finished fifth in last year’s constructors championship.
Bell said he was motivated to join Aston Martin after being impressed by their team’s progress in recent times.
“The opportunity to play my part in that journey is incredibly exciting and I look forward to working with the great technical leaders at Silverstone,” he said. “The scale and ambition of this project is highly motivating. I am a racer and I see the hunger and determination powering this team.”
Krack believes the appointment of Bell will support the team’s ambitions to move further forward up the grid.
“This is a key appointment to ensure we are optimising everything we do as a team and focusing on the right performance areas,” Krack said.
“Bob’s track record in the sport speaks for itself and his experience will help us continue to make steps forward on the exciting journey we are on.”
Bell is the latest in a series of high-profile departures from Alpine. Technical director Matt Harman and head of aerodynamics Dirk de Beer left following the team’s poor start to the 2024 season in Bahrain last weekend. Alpine announced a restructuring of its technical division as a result.
Last year the team also lost its chief technical officer Pat Fry to Williams and sporting director Alan Permane to RB. Bruno Famin replaced Otmar Szafnnauer as team principal in July.
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