This is corroborated by multiple media, including Autosport, BBC, Motorsport-Total, etc. Newey will be gone from Red Bull at the start of 2025, maybe even earlier than that. All modalities (gardening leave?) have been agreed on, though they arent public yet. Red Bull will announce the departure at the start of the Miami weekend.
[Andrew Benson from BBC]: “He (Adrian Newey) has been made offers by Ferrari and Aston Martin. I’m told by sources close to him that he is seriously considering Ferrari but is not interested in going to Aston Martin.”
If Newey ends up at Ferrari in time to design their 2026 car, Hamilton has either lucked into a second stunning career move or he’s known all along…
Man, that move to Merc looked sooooo dumb from the outside, and it was obviously one of (or the) best F1 career move there’s ever been.
If he gets that right twice, Ham is 100% the goat of career management
LISAN AL GAIB!
The complete opposite to Alonso’s career moves.
Alonso if Hamilton wins at Ferrari
Ya, I could have won at the Ferrari. But I didn’t want to. Now Lewis is enjoying my legacy. I’m berry happy for him.
You know not all of Neweys cars were quick, right?
End of an era, whether he retires or moves.
Remember that teams will only be allowed to work on their 2026 car from the start of 2025 and new regulations aren’t even finalized. Red Bull will be developing the aero without Newey, and are working on the new engine without Honda. Some exciting times coming, hopefully.
Red Bull about to join Williams as backmarkers.
As much as I hate RB’s dominance I just want two or three teams to be in mix.
Remember that teams will only be allowed to work on their 2026 car from the start of 2025
Genuine question: how is this even policed? You can’t stop people from thinking about solutions already.
No, you can’t stop engineers from testing aero in their heads, but I would imagine teams are required to keep logs and documentation of development work/wind tunnel time/computer simulations for FIA to inspect at any time. It’s nothing new either, each team has a wind tunnel time and CFD allocation per season, and there’s no development allowed over the summer break. I suppose in the end you have to trust that FIA is enforcing these rules properly, but you can never know for sure.
With all this mess at Red Bull (power struggle, Horner’s escapade, Newey leaving, Max probably leaving soonish) i really wonder if Ford still wants to work together with Red Bull.
Newey leaving
In his book he mentions that the team is really important. He wants to have the ability to be able to determine how a team works. Ensure that people can speak up, not too much politics, etc.
Pretty sure the power struggles together with Honer resulted in Newey deciding this will impact making a good car.
He left a team ages ago because they didn’t inform him about some driver thing. Him leaving now should not come as a surprise.
Well Ford was very unhappy with how the Horner investigation went. But in the end they’d just put their logo on a RB engine anyways, so it’s not like they’re closely working together or somerhing.
If Newey chooses Ferrari and wins a championship with them he will be treated like a king. They will appreciate his efforts and will treat him with all the respect and gratitude he deserves. It would be a fitting final legacy for a stellar career. The toughest challenge.
Why would you say that and give me hope?
people talking about him moving to another team for 2025 or 2026. But isn’t there something in the contract that prevents him from working for another team for a few years?
I saw multiple answers on that. One said that the garden leave could start immediately. Then the non compete would start now instead of when his contract ends. Though another said that a non compete would only begin when his contract ends.
Anyway, I guess one answer is right. 😂
