Enrico Cardile will be unable to begin work with Aston Martin till July of this yr after Ferrari received a authorized case involving its former technical director.
Ferrari introduced that Cardile was leaving his position as technical director (chassis space) in July 2024, with Aston Martin then confirming he would be a part of the group as its chief technical officer in 2025. Nonetheless, with uncertainty referring to his begin date – Aston Martin group principal Andy Cowell averted answering questions referring to Cardile throughout pre-season testing – Ferrari has now confirmed it has received a courtroom case that forestalls the Italian from becoming a member of for an additional 4 months.
“Close to the current information concerning the timing of Enrico Cardile’s arrival at Aston Martin, Ferrari clarifies that just a few weeks in the past the Courtroom of Modena, upholding the requests of the Firm, ordered Enrico Cardile to right away stop any type of collaboration with Aston Martin Aramco F1 Crew till subsequent July 18th,” a Ferrari assertion learn.
“On this pressing procedural section, the Courtroom of Modena discovered that our former worker was already violating the non-compete dedication with Ferrari, whose goal was exactly to forestall different F1 groups from gaining an unjustified aggressive benefit by hiring Cardile sooner than allowed, inflicting irreparable hurt to Ferrari.”
An Aston Martin spokesperson instructed the BBC: “It is a matter between Enrico and Ferrari and their authorized representatives in Italy, and the events proceed to be engaged within the course of. As such we received’t be making any additional remark. We are going to make an announcement in the end.”
When Cardile was introduced as a brand new Aston Martin signing, the group described him as “a key appointment for the group as we construct in the direction of the brand new 2026 laws”, however the delay in his arrival will restrict the impression the can have on the brand new automobile, with groups having been capable of start full work on the 2026 laws in January.
Ought to Aston Martin nonetheless need to convey Cardile’s begin date ahead it might want to attain an extra settlement with Ferrari, one thing it has been unable to do up thus far. The group did welcome one other key technical determine this week, with Adrian Newey starting work on Monday having joined from Red Bull.
