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Adrian Newey's Red Bull F1 departure imminent"
Adrian Newey’s departure from Red Bull is expected to be imminent, with sources suggesting an announcement could come ahead of Formula 1’s Miami Grand Prix.
Motorsport.com - Christian Nimmervoll - Apr 30, 2024
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/a...nent/10605070/
"(...) It is not known what Newey will do after Red Bull, although there seem to be
five clear options: Mercedes, Aston Martin, McLaren, Ferrari or stepping away from F1.
One argument against
Mercedes is that Newey apparently believes it would take too long to set the necessary course to put the team back on the road to victory.
He is 65 and will not stay in his next job for 19 years, as was the case at Red Bull. What's more, he reportedly does not have a particularly high opinion of Toto Wolff.
Lawrence Stroll is waving his chequebook at
Aston Martin and Dan Fallows, a long-time colleague of Newey's at Red Bull, is already there. However, Newey has earned enough money in his career. For him, it's about doing things that he enjoys.
It is rumoured that Newey is rather reserved towards Stroll Sr. and is therefore not considering the Canadian's financially attractive offer. Also, he does not like the idea that Stroll could drive up the market value of Aston Martin with Newey as an asset and then perhaps sell the team for a profit.
Newey has already worked for
McLaren in the past, from 1997 to 2005, so this would no longer be a new challenge for him.
He gets on extremely well with CEO Zak Brown on a personal level. But Newey doubts that the team can mobilise the resources required for success in Formula 1.
That leaves
Ferrari. It's no secret that they want him there, but the key question is whether or not he would want the upheaval in his life to move to Maranello and deal with the political environment inside the team."
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Newey free to join F1 rival in 2025, Red Bull warned of “unmitigated disaster”"
Adrian Newey’s agreed departure from Red Bull leaves him free to join a rival Formula 1 team next year, despite warnings of an “unmitigated disaster” for the squad."
Motorsport.com - Jonathan Noble - May 1, 2024
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/n...ning/10605425/
"(...) Other teams have inevitably been interested in luring Newey on board, with Aston Martin and Ferrari both known to have made lucrative offers to secure his services.
It is understood that Newey has ruled out any interest in going to Aston Martin, but
Ferrari does remain an option – with it suggested that team principal Fred Vasseur met privately with the famed F1 designer on Tuesday [April 30, 2024] to try to move things forward.
And while no deal is in place yet, negotiations are likely to continue as Vasseur makes a personal push to try to convince Newey to join him in time for Lewis Hamilton’s arrival at the squad next year."
The left-handed top designer at the RBR factory (2017):
