Leaving Red Bull has been on legendary F1 car designer Adrian Newe🦋y’s mi𒁃nd “for some time”, Martin Brundle has claimed.

Ahead of this weekend’s Miami Gran🎃d🔯 Prix Red Bull confirmed that Newey will depart the team after nearly two decades in early 2025.

According to former F1 drive🐟r turned pundit and commentator Brundle, Newey has been weighing up an exit from Red Bull for “a long time”.

"I know Adrian quite well♉ and this move has been in his mind for some time,” Brund♕le told Sky.

"It nearly happened a couple of years ago and obviously he's been courted by many teams for some decades be♒cause of his incredible success rate. Teams he joins, quite quickly start winning W🦋orld Championships. That's just a fact as those stats prove.

"I don'🌄t think it's all about what𒁃 is happening at Red Bull earlier on in the season, I think there are a number of factors. This has been in his mind for a long time.

"He does 150 da💧ys a year at Red Bull. Adrian has had his mind on other things - hypercars, Americas Cup boats, he's got some beautiful race cars of his own that he loves to race,

"Adrian has been moving towards this⭕ for some time.”

The news has prompted a frantic scramble ღto try and secure the 65-year-old’s services, with Ferrari the current favourites to poach Newey. Williams are also known to have started talks. 

2༺009 F1 world champion Jenson Button says whoever signs Newey will get an immediate boost.

“Even just walking in the door makℱes a difference, even before he’s done anything,” Button said.

“Even before pencil to paper, just having him in your presence, you know what he’s achieved i🥀n the past and what he brings tಞo the team.

“My whole c♏areer was against his cars and it was very toughꦡ.

“Red Bull understood that at some point that Adrian Newey was going to leave, so the designers and aerodynamiꦦcists underneath hᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚim have a good understanding of how that is going to work in the future when he’s left.

“So I’m not worried about✤ Red Bull. But it’s exciting. Every team is going to want him to be working for them.”

While Brundle has tipped Ne💞wey to join Ferrari, Button reckons he wil💎l stay in the UK.

“I think he’ll stay UK based,” he said. “It’s a big deal t🍌o move to Italy. So maybe Mercedes?”