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The Adrian Newey leaves Red Bull‘aerodynamics genius‘, has been the most talked about topic in the paddockwhere rumor races run in every Formula 1 Grand Prix. This time Toto Wolff He added that more employees of the Austrian team could leave and Christian Horner raised ‘red flags’.
Newey is not the first key character leaving this season, in March his chief mechanic Lee Stevenson announced that he was leaving to another team, but the departure of the star engineer was not taken as well by some, as by Jos Verstappen (father of three-time champion ‘Mad Max’), who believes that now Red Bull could fall apart.
Toto Wolff and Zak Brown, heads of Mercedes-Benz and McLaren respectively, share Jos’ opinion and commented this weekend that Adrian’s resignation is a first step of the exodus of Red Bull employees:
“It is probably the first domino falling. My opinion is that it is not the last, based on the resumes that are flying out there,” Brown mentioned; “Zak is absolutely right. We are seeing Red Bull CV at all levels,” Wolff added.
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Christian Horner responds to comments from Toto Wolff and Zak Brown
Christian Hornergeneral manager of the Red Bull F1 team, responded to sky sports that it was inevitable that there would be comments like those of the CEOs of Mercedes and McLaren:
“I think it’s inevitable. You already know the two candidates involved, They talk a lot. I’m not going to get into controversybut I would focus more on the problems that Toto has.”
He boss of ‘Checo’ Pérez He added that changes are common in F1: “I’m not worried, there will always be movements between teams, I don’t know how many people we or the Visa CashApp RB from McLaren have hired this year, from Mercedes, we have hired 220 people, 220, from HPP (Mercedes High Performance Powertrains) to Red Bull Powertrains. So, when we talk about losing people, I would be more worried about 220 than one or two CV.”
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“So when we talk about losing people, I would be more worried about the 220 people than about one or two resumes,” the former pilot concluded.
Horner mentioned that at Red Bull they receive requests every week, although he doesn’t know where they come from, he didn’t take much notice of the speculation about a possible departure from Jonathan Wheatleyhis sports director:
“There are rumors about everyone. Contracts between people and their conditions are not something we talk about publicly.”
As for drivers, McLaren has confirmed drivers in 2025 to Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri; Mercedes only George Russell, since Hamilton goes to Ferrari.
Red Bull has pending renew or not to ‘Checo’ Pérez Max Verstappen already has him signed until 2028, but comments have been made about a possible departure for Mercedes.
Which team is Adrian Newey going to?
‘Checo’ Pérez considers that Newey will wear red in Ferrari and it is known that the Italian team and Aston Martin have raised their hands to add him to their ranks.
So far Red Bull has only mentioned that Adrian leaves in the first quarter of 2025after finishing the project of the first hypercar RB17.
During the Miami Grand PrixNewey said that for now he just wants to take some time: “Formula 1 is all-consuming and I’ve been in it for a long time… I don’t know, there comes a time when I feel, what did you say Forrest GumpI’m a little tired”.
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Likewise, he insisted that He has no plans to go to Ferraridespite the praise he has given him Lewis Hamiltonthe next driver in red in 2025: “It’s very nice of Lewis to say that and I’m very flattered, but right now it’s time to take a little break and see what happens next.”
Meanwhile, Horner added that Newey is actually going to retire: “If you talk to Adrian and look at the statements he has made, he has decided that the time has come to retire after almost 35 years, with the team and engineering that we have so strong.”
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