Who is Adrian Newey and why is his departure from Red Bull big news in Formula 1?

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 Who is Adrian Newey and why is his departure from Red Bull big news in Formula 1?


The biggest news in Formula 1 this week has nothing to do with a driver, an owner, or a team principal — the F1 world is talking about Adrian Newey.

 

Red Bull's long-time chief technical officer will leave the team at the end of the season, and with it, change the complex of the F1 landscape. 

 

In a year where Lewis Hamilton announced his move to Ferrari, Carlos Sainz is fielding offers, and Audi made their first move before entering F1, Newey's availability has become the most prized commodity of them all.


Newey does not drive cars, he designs them — and nobody has ever done it better.


F1 cars designed by him have resulted in 12 constructors' world championships, and 13 drivers championships.

 

He designed the great Williams and McLaren cars during the 1990s and has been Red Bull's chief technical engineer since 2006.


Newey-designed F1 cars have won more than 200 grands prix, and he has been courted by teams in the past like he was a driver.

 

Currently, the Newey-designed Red Bull has won consecutive constructors' championships, and helped Max Verstappen become a three-time world champion.


In the words of legendary F1 journalist David Tremayne:

 

"Verstappen is clearly as special a driver as the greatest past champions, but nobody would deny, least of all Max himself, that the greatest weapon in his armoury is the car designed by Adrian Newey."


Now he is on the market for the first time in almost two decades.

 

Reports have been swirling for months about Newey relationship with the team, as Red Bull has bee dealing with internal fighting and an investigation into its team principal Christian Horner over allegations of inappropriate workplace behaviour.

 

On Wednesday the announcement many thought was a formality became official — Newey is on the market.


It's not the first time Newey has been treated like a driver, with the Guardian reporting at the time his move to Red Bull in 2006 came after McLaren would not meet his salary demands.

 

Almost 20 years later there is almost no price not worth paying to get Newey's brilliance into a team

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