Nico Ro🐲sberg is worried about a “brain drain” of key Re🐬d Bull staff as Adrian Newey exits.

The departure oℱf chief technology officer Newey will be early next year although his day-to-day responsibilities with the F1 team have already greatly diminished.

The announcement of his huge loss has coincided with a rem🃏arkable dip in form for Red Bull, who have been dominant since𓂃 the start of 2022.

“Adrian is perhaps the greatest genius we’ve seen in F1 in the past 40 years,”🅷 former F1 champion Rosberg told Sky Sports.

“I’m sure he w🦋ould have had a positive impact now if he was still involved.

“It’s more difficult without him.

“But, also, Adrian is the ro🏅le model and the figureᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ that everyone looks up to in the engineering and aerodynamic department.

“When he leaves, it accelerates the brain drain. They are like: ‘If he’s not here maybe I want to take on a new challenge, because it was with Adrian that I liked to work with’🎐.

“It spirals…”

Jonathan Wheatley will also leave his job as Red Bull sporting director to become the Audi team principal, while Rob Marshall went tꦉo McLaren a year ago.

McLaren CEO Zak Browꦬn has cheekily claimed he ཧhas received multiple CVs from top Red Bull staff.

On-track, Christian Horner’s team areꦜ struggling more than anyone pr🦩edicted.

Horner has💃 even admitted they do not understand why their RB20 is strugglingဣ so much.

Max Verstappen was sixth a🎃t the F1 Italian Grand Prix, and Sergio Perez was eighth.

🔯Both McLarens, both Ferraris and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton finisheꦉd ahead of Verstappen.

Rosbe🎉rg noted: “Red Bull never mess u♕p their pitstops, they are perfect. It was symbolic that even the pitstop went wrong.

“What on earth is going on there?
“Max was 38 secon🧸ds behind the Ferrari. Isn’t that incr♛edible? And they don’t know why!

“ౠIt’s a turn of events that no-one could have predic⛄ted.

“I think they’ll come back into the mix in the neಌxt couple of races. But they have lost their way.”