“Everything else is a bonus” - Adrian Newey addresses F1 future as rumours continue to swirl
“From the age of 10 or 11 I 🎉always wanted to be a designer in motor racing, and I’ve managed to achieve that, so everything else is a bonus really.”
F1 design guru Ad🤪rian Newey has been coy over his future, admitting that “everything else is a bonus” when assessing his next move.
Newey is one of the most decorated designers in the sports history with a plethora of success with Williams, McLaren aಞnd Red Bull.
The 65-year-old is widely regarded as F1’s greatest designer, backed 𝓡up by his impressive CV.
Newey has been instr♛umental i꧅n Red Bull’s success over the years, particularly when propelling them from the midfield to consistent title-winner.
He will depart Red Bull in the firsꦕt quarter of 2025, wit🧜h his future still unclear.
Newey has been heavily link🀅ed with ꧂McLaren and Aston Martin, while interest from Ferrari has allegedly cooled.
As quoted by , Newey conceded that the interest and praisꦫe he’s received since the news of him leaving Red Bull wa𓆉s announced is “very flattering”.
“Yeah, it is. I have to admit, I don’t read the press very much, but of course I hear [things]. Amanda, my wife, 🎀kind of follows it and gives me a rough update, so yes, it’s very flattering, of course.”
“Ultimately, it’s not why I do the job. From the age of 10 or 11 I always wanted to be a designer in motor racing, and I’ve managed to achieve that, so everything else is a༺ bonus really.
“My pas🐎sion has always been trying to add performance to cars, to race cars, so the rest is, of course, part of it, but it’s not what wakes me🌸 up and motivates me.”
Newey joined Red Bull aft⛄er leading McLaren and Kimi Raikkonen to a title near-mi💝ss in 2005.
Reflec🧸ting on the decision to leave Woking, Newey acknowledged people thought 💯the move was “suicidal”.
“It’s been j✱ust such an amazing ride, it 💝really has,” he added. “I was at McLaren before Red Bull and we had a very good little car in 2005, won 10 races, but I just felt I needed a new challenge.
“Joining Red Bull, frankly,🐼 was a big career risk, I think a lot of peꦉople thought it was suicidal.
“Really, it was just the ambition of trying to build the team up, and with the hope that one day we could win a 💫race. [We could] never, ever conceive or think that the level of success that we eventually had would be what’s happened since.”
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