News about Adrian Newey

Adrian Newey's departure from Red Bull was officially confirmed on Wednesday in a major blow to the Formula One world champions. The team confirmed their chief technical officer will leave the Red Bull group in the first quarter of 2025. Newey has spent nearly two decades with the team and is viewed as the mastermind behind the cars that have taken them to seven drivers' titles in two stints, through Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen.

The news is the latest development in a series of events that have unfolded since Horner (centre) was accused of 'coercive behaviour towards a female employee', before being investigated and subsequently cleared. Red Bull, meanwhile, insist Newey's departure is not directly linked to the allegations that have engulfed the team since February, but driven by growing resentment at how he has been less than fully credited for the team's success.

That deal has yet to be done, but it is understood that Newey, 65, is wanted by Ferrari to act as their 'super consultant'. He currently earns £15million a year at Red Bull and could double his salary with the potential switch. The development is a blow to the world championship team and embattled boss Christian Horner, the team principal who brought Newey from McLaren to Red Bull nearly 20 years ago. They have since won seven drivers' titles in two stints, through Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen.

Ralf Schumacher (inset) has suggested that Red Bull will 'sink into mediocrity' within two seasons after claiming that the embattled constructor is 'falling apart' after a turbulent start to the 2024 season. Formula One was rocked last week when news broke that chief technology officer Adrian Newey (left) is reportedly considering moving away from the team, which he joined just a year after its debut in 2005.

Mail Sport understands that Newey (left), Red Bull's chief designer, is disillusioned with the political upheaval at the team. There is a power-play taking place behind the scandal that has convulsed the team in recent months. Reports on Thursday claimed that Newey, Red Bull's legendary car designer, had infromed the team that he would be leaving. However, The Guardian writes that both Newey and Red Bull were surprised by the reports and that he is yet to offer his resignation, with formal talks to follow.

JONATHAN MCEVOY: Adrian Newey (left), the most self-deprecating genius in Formula One history, was on Thursday plunged right into the furore that has engulfed Red Bull and their team principal Christian Horner (right). The two men are inseparable at trackside. They walk in together and walk out together. They drink coffees together. They put their brains together. So it was a serious jolt to Horner when news broke that Newey, the greatest designer in the sport's history, would be leaving the team. Red Bull have not confirmed the revelations - but those who are jilted are always the last to know.

It's a critical admission considering that Max Verstappen is still considering his future with the side. Regulation changes come into force in 2026, including major changes to engine and chassis rules, and that could have a significant effect on the grid. However, there are two seasons until that point and Newey - Red Bull's chief designer - admitted he is finding it hard to eek out much more performance from their current RB20 model while looking forward to the changes.

According to reports, Aston Martin has entered the competition to recruit Christian Horner's right-hand man Adrian Newey. In the aftermath of an internal probe into former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell's husband, Chief Technical Officer Newey was tagged with a dramatic change to Ferrari earlier this month. According to motorsport.com, Aston Martin chief Lawrence Stroll has made a big-money contract bid to lure the 65-year-old to the city.

After news broke that Horner might have forced Adrian Newey out, Mercedes chief technical officer Adrian Newey revealed that he was open to a transfer for Red Bull's legendary chief technical officer Adrian Newey. Horner has been embroiled in a controversy following allegations of 'inappropriate conduct' by a female employee ahead of the 2024 season, despite an internal probe that found him.

Horner could be tempted to get rid of Newey, the 'good' car designer who has helped Red Bull win 13 titles since 2006. According to reports, tensions between the two couples are only getting worse. A woman employee's 'inappropriate conduct' was implicated in a controversy ahead of the 2024 season, but an internal probe found him not guilty. A flurry of sexual messages attributed to Horner were disseminated to the media and F1 bigwigs, but Red Bull has confirmed that he would not be fired after a shareholder meeting.

The 75th season of Formula One will begin in Bahrain, a location that may not have been further from the sport's calendar organisers in 1994. Time travelers returning to the 2024 from 30 years ago will almost be lost by the packed, globe-trotting calendar, which has increased from 16 (with none in the United States or the Middle East) to a record-busting 24. However, the more things change, the more they stay the same - television rights still sell for soaring sums (and drivers demand them), cars built by Adrian Newey are proving profitable, and controversy remains rife on and off the track.

In the aftermath of an inquiry into suspected 'inappropriate behaviour' launched against him, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has arrived in Bahrain for F1 pre-season testing. Following a lawsuit lodged by a female employee at Red Bull, an investigation was launched earlier this month. Horner'strongly denies' the allegations, and appears to be eager to go about his company as normal. On Wednesday morning, he was seen in Bahrain alongside Red Bull Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey, with the pair preparing to put their team's latest model together ahead of the 2024 season's launch next week.

Exclusive BY OLIVER HOLT: Adrian Newey, the kingmaker of Formula One and the man who builds the cars that carry drivers to championships, is sitting at a table outside the Red Bull hospitality room in Las Vegas. Newey isn't allowed to speak out, but he's getting himself noticed above the machine chatter of helicopters hovering overhead. Mechanics, engineers, and support staff from other teams are racing between the team marquees and their garages, thronging the paddock ahead of the ill-fated first practice session of the constructors' and drivers' championships, which Red Bull has already won. The RB19, the vehicle with Newey's stamp on it, has won 19 of the 20 races so far this season, obliterating the rest of the field. Red Bull's highly respected technical director, Pierre Wache, was instrumental in the company's inception. If this car is Newey's greatest ever achievement, it is far too modest a man to say so, but if he is just being courteous, he does have some early positive news for the Red Bull's competitors as their thoughts begin to turn to next year's campaign.

OLIVER HOLT IN LAS VEGAS: If there was ever doubt that modern Formula One had found its soul mate in the gleaming, golden towers, roulette wheels, Rat Pack tribute acts, and ersatz monuments of Las Vegas, the first sight that welcomes you in the specially built $240 million (£192.8 million) grand prix paddock removes the last vestige of confusion. A wedding chapel with slot machines, ornate candelabra chandeliers, and a walk down the aisle beneath heart-shaped arches is the first thing you see in this festival of speed, fame, and glitz, given pride of position alongside the teams' hospitality areas. The front of this little grand prix chapel proclaims that this is a 'Race to the Altar,' and inside there is a snapshot of a Formula One race hurtling down the Strip between Bellagio and Aria, two of the Strip's most luxurious hotel-casinos. In the midst of four red hearts, a note has been painted on the vehicle's rear wing. "Just Married" reads the text in a swirling, ornate font.

Antonio Lobato, the Spanish F1 pundit, has issued an apology for making a prank about Michael Schumacher's physical condition on live television, with the commentator blaming his 'clumsy' remark on jet lag. Following a remark made during Spanish television coverage of the Japanese Grand Prix, Lobato came under fire from F1 fans. On the news, one pundit said, 'Let [Red Bull engineer] Adrian Newey is trembling because Antonio Lobato is coming.'