Red Bull’s confidence despite the departure of Adrian Newey may be mispla🐲ced, Anthony Davidson says.

Tꦯhe chief technical officer of F1’s most dominant team will leave his role at the start of next year.

Newey is the best car designer in Formula 1 histor🔯y and Red Bull’s loss will surely become one of their rivals’ gain.

“The team keep saying that Adrian Newey ‘has been around a long time, he’s now more of a consultant, and we will be okay with his departu🐼re’,” Davidson said in Miami on Sky Sports.

“I don’t know… I✅ think they might start missing ༒his input.

“Even if it’s just someone to keep the tꦆeam, keep the flow going. Like 🧸a conductor does with an orchestra.

“You can have individuals playing brill🍃iantly with different instruments but y🌌ou need someone to bring it all together to make lovely music.

“That’s what I believe🍎 Adrian can do in a team, these days.

“That brain where he can oversee the technical side - the mechanical♏ elements, the suspension, the geometry - and the downfꩲorce, the aero, as well.

“He can bring 𝓀those departments together, get them in line.

“I think they might miss him, moving forwards.”

Ferrari are reportedly best-plaওced to swoop for Newey’s services.

H𝓰is exit willꦺ come at a precarious time because of the new F1 regulations.

Newey is free to join a rival team next year, giving him time to oversee plans for 2026 when the new hybrid rules come into ef🎃fect.

Those rules could shake up F1 and crea🌺te a new pecking order, irrespective of where Newey la🧸nds.

But h🅷aving the sport’s most respected brain in charge of steering the new direction will be a major boost to any team that ꦏrecruits Newey.

He has worked at Red Bull for 19 years and designe🅠d the cars which led to Sebastian Vettel’s four-year championship-winning run.

Newey has also created the machinery driven by Max✨ Verstappen, including this season’s peerless RB20.