Adrian Newey leaves Red Bull | Relief

It was an open secret, and now it’s official: Adrian Newey is leaving Red Bull. His legendary red notebook says goodbye to the team he spent 19 years with. The world champion team has just announced that the Formula 1 aerodynamics guru will leave the team in the first quarter of 2025.. Newey is the most important part of Red Bull, with whom he has won seven World Drivers’ Championships and six World Constructors’ Championships.

The British engineer’s brilliant mind dominated the competition during the era of Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen.

with its innovative and revolutionary single-seater designs. Red Bull said in a statement that the Briton will step away from the Formula 1 project and focus on the hypercar after achieving success in the top category. 118 wins and 101 pole positions since his arrival in 2006.

The main reason for his farewell was the instability in the team. Newey couldn’t stand the noise caused by the Christian Horner case and decided to step aside. The Austrian team boss has been accused of “inappropriate behavior” with another Red Bull employee. The soap opera gave rise to a variety of rumors: about the departure of Horner himself, Verstappen, etc.

In the end, it all ended with a farewell to the genius Adrian Newey. Red Bull thanks the 65-year-old engineer for his 19 years of work leading the aerodynamics team. Now, half of the grid plays out the talent of Newey, who leaves the young teamdisappeared after almost two decades.

Christian Horner says goodbye

Team principal Christian Horner said an emotional farewell to him. Newey and Horner have been working on the same team for almost twenty years: “For me, when Adrian came to Red Bull, he was a design star. Two decades and 13 titles later, he leaves as a legend.”

“He is also my friend and someone to whom I will be forever grateful for everything he contributed to our union.”

— added the head of the Red Bull team.