According to consistent press reports, Adrian Newey, Red Bull’s chief technical officer, will leave the team at the end of the year. The German media know that the next stop of the 65-year-old specialist could be Ferrari.
It seems very likely that what has been rumored for some time will actually happen, and one of Red Bull’s key people will leave the team. The 19 years of thez in energy drinks working Adrian Newey, who on Thursday afternoon several reliable sources reported that soon makes an announcement. In this, he informs the public that he is leaving the team.
The British specialist working as technical director has a contract until 2025, but az Auto Motor und Sport he knows that they will part ways at the end of this year. Later, several other media reported the news, the BBC and reported that sources independent of the German portal confirmed the information, which is extremely telling.
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On the website of the British public service television, it can also be read that Newey is indeed leaving for what most people think of first: because of internal strife within Red Bull. As is well known, a “civil war” emerged from team boss Christian Horner’s harassment scandal, where the Thai and Austrian owners, as well as the 50-year-old specialist and Helmut Marko, and the Verstappen family are facing each other. Although there have been no developments in the past period, the case is hardly closed in the background.
If the reports are true, the question arises as to what will be his next stop. It is almost certain that no matter where he goes, he will be able to start work in 2026 at the earliest, since the contract of the leading engineers usually stipulates a mandatory vacation after leaving. The AMuS according to the experts, the Ferrari is the most likely to be guessed, even though the previous trip to Bologna turned out not to be related to the Maranello team. The British specialist previously rejected the stable’s interest because he did not want to move to Italy, but he may not need that, and he has been working partly from South Africa for some time anyway.
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In this case, Newey could work together with Lewis Hamilton, whom he previously said he regrets that their paths did not cross. At the same time, it cannot be ruled out that fate will bring him together with the other such competitor, Fernando Alonso, because besides the Scuderia, he was most closely associated with Aston Martin.
Not so much with Mercedes for the time being, although it could easily be the one with the best chance of starting the avalanche. It is no secret that Toto Wolff, the team boss of the stellar stable, wants to acquire Max Verstappen, and signing Newey would probably be a huge trump card in his hands. Of course, it is a question of what effect the departure of the engineering genius would have on the preferences of the defending champion either in 2025 or 2026. The almost sure it is his contract until 2028 does not contain a clause linked to Newey’s departure, unlike Marko, but it is possible that regardless of this, you can also start him towards a change of team. By the way, the Dutch pilot recently stated that he wants peace with the team, but it seems that now a stone has been thrown into the stagnant water again.
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