Adrian Newey is leaving Red Bull. This is what the journalist reports michael schmidtfrom the German website Auto Motor und Sport (AMuS).
The publication reports that the designer’s contract runs until the end of 2025, but that the Brit himself hopes that the agreement can be terminated after this season. Insiders report to AMuS that Ferrari is set to become his new employer.
There have been rumors for some time that Newey would like to leave Red Bull. According to sources, the designer is not happy with the continued unrest within the team and there were rumors that Red Bull wanted to ‘park’ the Briton in the RB7 Hypercar project.
Newey himself would not agree with this, and would have demanded to remain involved with the F1 team. Ferrari wants to give that guarantee, so he can leave for Maranello. O Motorsport.com revealed earlier this season that Aston Martin Racing had also made a bid.
With Newey’s possible arrival, Ferrari team boss Frederic Vasseur is taking the next step in creating his own top team. The first piece of the puzzle was signing Lewis Hamilton. The Mercedes driver arrives at the end of the season and, together with Charles Leclerc, should take Ferrari back to the top of the premier class of motorsport. Bringing in a top designer like Newey is the next step in the process.
The composition Vasseur has in mind is reminiscent of the way Ferrari was built at the beginning of this century. At the time, then team principal Jean Todt, along with driver Michael Schumacher and technical director Ross Brawn, were an almost unbeatable combination. Between 2000 and 2004, the team managed to win the title for four consecutive seasons.
