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Aston seems like the most obvious choice for Newey. Honda, Stroll's wallet, state of the art facilities, his involvement with the Aston hypercar. I wonder if Max is going to follow him.
If you believe what our "insider" said here yesterday Stroll is going to WEC.
Max and Alonso and Newey at Aston would be incredible.
On the other hand, maybe Newey is done with F1. He's 65 and had that head injury accident a few years ago. I'm not sure how fit he is to have another go at it at another team. I am also reading that Pierre Wache at RBR is considered equally as important as Newey these days. So maybe nothing changes.
This isn't a new thing. Insiders have said for the last 2 years that Wache and Balbo have had a lot more influence on the car for its iterations since the initial RB19 concept. RBR will still be fine after this.
Newey has 12 WCCs, beaten only by Ferrari (who have 16). He's probably still very good. What's also incredibly important, if not more so, is the clout he gives any team in recruiting the newest/best people.
You need a big team of very very talented people and you can't get that "just" from offering money, because of the budget cap. You need figure head people and headline grabbers to convince the paddock that you are the BEST place to work and the one most likely to win.
You need a big team of very very talented people and you can't get that "just" from offering money, because of the budget cap. You need figure head people and headline grabbers to convince the paddock that you are the BEST place to work and the one most likely to win.
Oh wow Newey is actually out. Guess it's best to wait for the dust to clear. Part of me wonders if he has have one eye towards retirement however that manifests. Poaching, training, creating a new team is a time sink. More importantly seeing ROI is going to take time.
I wonder how much Horner's recent issues, and all the management fighting that ensued after, had to do with Newey leaving. As in, if Horner hadn't done anything, would he still be there?
BBC: Newey to leave Red Bull over Horner allegations
Adrian Newey: Red Bull design chief to leave over Christian Horner allegations
Red Bull design chief Adrian Newey is to leave the team in the wake of the controversy involving allegations about team principal Christian Horner.
www.bbc.co.uk
It's being reported now that his contract requires 1 year of gardening leave starting with the end of the 2025 season, so he wouldn't be able to start work at another team until 2027.
View: https://x.com/skysportsnews/status/1783533572738908500?s=46
View: https://x.com/skysportsnews/status/1783533572738908500?s=46
Does that include working on a totally unrelated active aero hybrid hypercar for Ferrari?
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As long as everyone at Ferrari promises not to remember any of it when designing the 26 car I'm sure it'll be fine.
Ferrari would like to welcome their new technical director for the 2025 season, Padrian Pewey!
It would be a completely unrelated project after all I don't see any problems here
Please define "everyone"
Because I certainly don't belong in that group ;)
edit: misread, leaving it up anyway
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I'm guessing the major UK ops are all quite close to each other? I'm wondering if a new position would also mean uprooting family, etc., or maybe just a short difference in commute time.
It won't be McLaren. It'll either be Aston or retirement
But personally I'd love it if he returned to Williams or joined Audi.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnIn_x2SZLQ&t=3411s
Newey on the Beyond the Grid podcast being asked whether he regrets 'not having Ferrari on his CV'.
Trying to imagine what you misread, hope it didn't enrage you!
Bit out of date, but...
I can't imagine much upheaval, basically, unless he goes to Ferrari.
Newey has a place in South Africa. I'm not sure if geographical concerns are a thing anymore.
Having a place in another country for visiting family (his in-laws are South African) is very different from uprooting your daily life at 65 and moving to Italy. He's always had reservations about doing that in the past when he was younger, I'm not sure what would have changed to make him change his mind.
The Aston linkage just makes a lot more sense. Brand new facilities, he wouldn't have to move anywhere, he gets to continue work on the Valkyrie project, and Lawrence will give him a blank check.
Wonder what bearing that'll have on verstappen? Imagine if both newey and he left at the end of the year.
Apparently Horner thinks he doesn't need either of them and that he is actually the secret sauce behind all the success
Thanks. Aston is in Silverstone, which is 20 mins drive from Milton Keynes, maybe closer to 30 mins in traffic.Bit out of date, but...
I can't imagine much upheaval, basically, unless he goes to Ferrari.
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His first marriage ended after he went to the US to do Indy, they had 2 kids, then he remarried in 92 and had 2 more. I believe the youngest of them is now mid 20s. If anything would have changed his mind in that respect it's that they are all grown up.
Even if Verstappen intends to leave I can't see him leave before 2026. I'm sure he still likes winning more than anything else, and regardless of who leaves and who stays, his best chances of winning next year are in the Red Bull.
Lol nah, was in jest. Read it as "everyone wants him to go to Ferrari" is all
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F1 Commission defers decision on points change and approves new rear cameras
The FIA's F1 Commission will decide whether to approve a proposal to extend the sport's points system down to 12th place in July.
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Formula E unveils 200mph, 4WD Gen3 Evo, boasting 0-60 time 30% quicker than F1
Formula E have unveiled their fastest ever car, the Gen3 Evo, which will be introduced into the all-electric series next season.
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Those FEs actually look kinda funRear camera to be added to crash structure and points changes to be looked at more.F1 Commission defers decision on points change and approves new rear cameras
The FIA's F1 Commission will decide whether to approve a proposal to extend the sport's points system down to 12th place in July.
FE unveiled the new carFormula E unveils 200mph, 4WD Gen3 Evo, boasting 0-60 time 30% quicker than F1
Formula E have unveiled their fastest ever car, the Gen3 Evo, which will be introduced into the all-electric series next season.
Turn 1s are going to be nuts
I saw a earlier version of that FE car at ExCel London when I was there for a conference in January. Very pointy. Agree that the acceleration should make race starts interesting.
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More realistic at least.
Sauber are going to take a few years to he contending for anything I'd have thought.