Formula 1 design legend Adrian Newey started his job with new team Aston Martin on Monday.
Newey, the most successful car designer in the sport's history, has joined Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll's ambitious F1 project.
Stroll hopes to turn Aston Martin into a title contender under the new set of engine and aerodynamic rules coming into force for the 2026 season.
Newey has joined in the newly-created role of managing technical partner, where he will lead next year's project, and has also become a shareholder in the team.
Newey built title-winning cars for Williams and McLaren in the 1990s and for Red Bull in two different spells over the past two decades.
"I'm just looking forward to it and what will be, will be," Newey told the BBC F1: Back at Base podcast.
"The first target really is to get to know everybody here, understand how everybody works, and try to integrate myself with everybody.
"It's talking to the drivers, it's talking to my fellow engineers, trying to bounce ideas off them. Getting that sort of creative flow going."
Fernando Alonso has labelled Aston Martin "the team of the future" with Newey onboard.
New Group CEO and team boss Andy Cowell, another new signing, having arrived overseeing the dominant Mercedes engine of the 2014-2021 rules cycle, said Newey's arrival will be a huge boost.
"Everybody's super excited to work with Adrian," Andy Cowell said in Bahrain. "His record speaks for itself. We're looking forward to welcoming him on site.
"We're starting work on introducing him to the key technical players within our business, showing him the business tools for engineering the car, and then getting stuck into creating a 2026 car and helping the improvements on 2025."
Newey had been on gardening leave after leaving Red Bull.
Aston Martin is still unsure on the arrival date of Ferrari engine head Enrico Cardile.
Last July Aston Martin confirmed Cardile's signing for 2025, but the British team has not yet come to an agreement with Ferrari over when he can start for the team.