Leaving Red Bull has been on legendary F1 car d꧟esigner Adrian Newey’s mind “for some time”,♛ Martin Brundle has claimed.

Ahead ෴of this weekeᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnd’s Miami Grand Prix Red Bull confirmed that Newey will depart the team after nearly two decades in early 2025.

According to former F1 driver turned pundit and commentat🀅or Brundle, ꩲNewey has been weighing up an exit from Red Bull for “a long time”.

"I know Adrian quite well an✱d this move has been in his mind for some time,” Brundle told Sky.

"It nearly happened a couple of years ago and obviously he's been courte⭕d by many teams for some decades b🐼ecause of his incredible success rate. Teams he joins, quite quickly start winning World Championships. That's just a fact as those stats prove.

"I don't think it's all about what is happening at R🌱ed 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 days a year at Red Bull. Adrian has had 🐻his mind on other things -ꩵ hypercars, Americas Cup boats, he's got some beautiful race cars of his own that he loves to race,

"Adrian has been moving towar🐻ds this for some time.”

The news has prompted👍 a fra𒀰ntic scramble to 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. 

2009 F1 world champion Jenson Butto🥀n says whoever signs Newey will get an 🤪immediate boost.

“Even ꦰjust walking in the door makes 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 in the༺ pa♏st and what he brings to the team.

“My whole carജeer was against his cars and it was very tough.

“Red Bull unde🐬rstood that at some point that Adrian Newey was going to leave, so the designers an♚d aerodynamicists underneath him 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 Newey to join Ferrari, Button reckons he wi𒅌ll stay in the UK.

“I think he’ll stay UK based,” he♐ said. “It’s a big dealไ to move to Italy. So maybe Mercedes?”