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The most important engineer in Formula 1 in the last three decades He leaves Red Bull. It is curious that Adrian Newey’s departure coincides with the 30th anniversary of Ayrton Senna’s death at the wheel of the Williams FW16, another of those extremely fast, extremely complex cars; extremes, in any case, that the British genius captured in pencil and took from his notebook to the asphalt. Newey leaves on a deferred basis, he will take care of the RB17 hypercar for the next twelve months and from then on he will be able to board the ship of another team after his successes at Williams (1991-1996), McLaren (1997-2005) and Red Bull (2006- 2024). He has won 12 constructors’ and 14 drivers’ World Championships. But he is not retiring, he is looking for “new challenges.”
With his resume, it is evident that he arouses interest from the greats. With Newey there is a lot of genius, also some myth, because in recent years his contribution to the Red Bull cars was less and his role was more that of a consultant. The technical director in Milton Keynes is Pierre Waché, who takes care of the day-to-day work (and who Ferrari tried to sign, without success). Likewise, Newey is held responsible for the aerodynamic concept of the car and the fact that Red Bull was the only team capable of saving porpoising in the first months of this regulation, because the Briton was well aware of the ramifications of the ‘ground effect’. ‘. That has been the differentiating factor that has led them to dominate since 2022.
It’s no secret that Aston Martin boss Lawrence Stroll has been behind Newey for some time. If they pass each other on the grill, they smile and chat. Aston’s ambitious project, with its new factory, the arrival of Honda in 2026, the renewal of Alonso and the good results of recent years, would be supported by a figure like Newey. In favor, the British character of the organization (the engineer has not worked in F1 outside of England) and the economic capacity. There have also been previous ties: Newey designed the Valkyrie when Aston was a Red Bull sponsor, in fact the RB17 is visually inspired by his previous project.
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Vasseur also wants to recruit Newey to the cause at Ferrari, just as he convinced Hamilton. In this case, he weighs the romanticism of Maranello and weighs down the classic rigidity of the organization in the Italian factory. Todt already wanted to sign him in 1993, history repeats itself thirty years later. Mercedes, Red Bull’s eternal rival, does not seem interested.
It will have influence on the car of 2026
His departure from Red Bull is influenced by the current instability, the power struggles since the death of Mateschitz that have pitted Horner against Marko and the Verstappens. If Newey changes factory in the summer of 2025, its arrival will have an impact on the 2026 car. Then the aerodynamic regulations change (which is not yet closed) and a new generation of engines will be used that will equate combustion and electric power. In an interview in 2023, the Briton acknowledged that he only regretted not having worked at Ferrari, with Hamilton or with Alonso: “Ferrari? Emotionally yes, I regret it. And working with Fernando and Lewis would have been fabulous, but it never happened. “It’s the circumstances, that’s how things are.” Now the surprise would be that within a year he would no longer be working with one of the two great champions.
