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Remember when everyone scoffed at Red Bull for sponsoring a Formula One team? How folks in the industry said an outsider of their ilk could never challenge the established Grand Prix racing aristocracy, let alone one whose primary funding came from selling energy drinks. Oh, how wrong these folks were. One of the key reasons these people wound up eating humble pie is Red Bull Racing's Chief Technical Officer, a man by the name of Adrian Newey. After nearly 20 years of world-class racing, Newey is ready to hang up the boots for good starting in 2025.
Having joined the Red Bull Racing team in its second official season in 2006, Newey joined a team which, unbeknownst to most F1 fans in the day, was about to take the Grand Prix scene by storm. With access to some of the finest racing engines in the world courtesy of Cosworth and with iconic drivers like David Coulthard behind the wheel, Newey's leadership and keen eye for engineering innovation laid a fitting foundation for the future success Red Bull Racing would soon be enjoying.
With experience in Formula 2 and the American CART series under his belt, along with tenures with March/Leyton House, Williams, and McLaren during the 1990s, all this know-how gathered over an already storied would pay off in spades over the next nearly two decades. Over this time, Red Bull Racing's netted an astounding seven drivers' championships between Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel and an equally impressive six constructor's titles. With the hardware to back it up, Adrian Newey's impact will continue to resonate through Red Bull Racing's ranks long after the 65-year-old leaves the team in the first quarter of 2025.
From there, it appears that Newy will not be pursuing another lead engineer role in Formula One and will not field offers from other teams. Instead, Red Bull intends to keep Newy in-house as the chief engineer behind Red Bull's effort to build its first production road-legal hypercar, dubbed the RB17. No word yet on when we might see some preliminary sketches or even a full-sized mockup of the Red Bull RB17, but it's safe to say the project will be in very capable hands indeed, with Adrian Newy at the helm of the operation.
Ever since I was a young boy, I wanted to be a designer of fast cars," said Newey. "My dream was to be an engineer in Formula 1, and I've been lucky enough to make that dream a reality. For almost two decades, it has been my great honor to have played a key role in Red Bull Racing's progress from upstart newcomer to multiple title-winning teams," said Newy in an official press release published on Formula1.com. "However, I feel now is an opportune moment to hand that baton over to others and to seek new challenges for myself. In the interim, the final stages of development of RB17 are upon us, so for the remainder of my time with the team, my focus will lie there."
Until then, Newy's contractual obligations to Red Bull Racing's F1 team will remain unchanged for 2024. At the moment, the team is ferociously competing for another simultaneous drivers' and constructors' championship. An endeavor that Newy will be very pre-occupied with until the full reigns of the RB17 program are given to him.
With experience in Formula 2 and the American CART series under his belt, along with tenures with March/Leyton House, Williams, and McLaren during the 1990s, all this know-how gathered over an already storied would pay off in spades over the next nearly two decades. Over this time, Red Bull Racing's netted an astounding seven drivers' championships between Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel and an equally impressive six constructor's titles. With the hardware to back it up, Adrian Newey's impact will continue to resonate through Red Bull Racing's ranks long after the 65-year-old leaves the team in the first quarter of 2025.
From there, it appears that Newy will not be pursuing another lead engineer role in Formula One and will not field offers from other teams. Instead, Red Bull intends to keep Newy in-house as the chief engineer behind Red Bull's effort to build its first production road-legal hypercar, dubbed the RB17. No word yet on when we might see some preliminary sketches or even a full-sized mockup of the Red Bull RB17, but it's safe to say the project will be in very capable hands indeed, with Adrian Newy at the helm of the operation.
Ever since I was a young boy, I wanted to be a designer of fast cars," said Newey. "My dream was to be an engineer in Formula 1, and I've been lucky enough to make that dream a reality. For almost two decades, it has been my great honor to have played a key role in Red Bull Racing's progress from upstart newcomer to multiple title-winning teams," said Newy in an official press release published on Formula1.com. "However, I feel now is an opportune moment to hand that baton over to others and to seek new challenges for myself. In the interim, the final stages of development of RB17 are upon us, so for the remainder of my time with the team, my focus will lie there."
Until then, Newy's contractual obligations to Red Bull Racing's F1 team will remain unchanged for 2024. At the moment, the team is ferociously competing for another simultaneous drivers' and constructors' championship. An endeavor that Newy will be very pre-occupied with until the full reigns of the RB17 program are given to him.
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