Adrian Newey Confirms Red Bull Exit, What Next For Legendary Designer?

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🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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After days of mounting reports, Red Bull finally confirmed on May 1st that Adrian Newey, legendary Chief Technical Officer will be leaving the team in the first quarter of 2025, after what will be 19 years with the team. Adrian will be taking a stepback from his role within the F1 team as he stays to develop their RB17 Hypercar instead. Joining Bryn Lucas on the Podcast is Autosport Editor Haydn Cobb, and on it, they discuss the timelines that led to Newey's announced departure as well as his exit plan with the team, as well as his future, with Ferrari and Aston Martin both reportedly keen to take on his services as the sport enters a critical development period, with the 2026 technical regulation change looming over the horizon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From autosport.com and Autosport magazine, I'm Bryn Lucas and this is the Autosport podcast.
0:11.1	After mounting reports that Adrian Newee was set to leave Red Bull, Red Bull has finally announced that the legendary designer has confirmed he'll be leaving the team in 2025, ending his association that stretches
0:23.2	back to 2006. Well, silly season this year is undoubtedly continuing to prove to be pretty
0:30.1	entertaining. And joining me to discuss this developing story, I'm delighted to have Hayden Cobb. First
0:35.0	all, Hayden, how are you getting on? I'm very well, thanks. This is keeping us busy before Miami. How are you? Yeah, I'm delighted to have Hayden Cobb. First of all, Hayden, how are you getting on? Oh, very well, thanks. This is keeping us busy before Miami. How are you?
0:41.0	Yeah, I'm pretty well, actually. Thanks very much. Like you say, it's one of these things that's
0:45.2	keeping us on our toes. Now, about a week ago, a reliable source did indicate that Adrian Newee
0:50.6	was going to be leaving Red Bull, and it's finally come to fruition,
0:54.4	hasn't it? It's now been announced. What has the team? What has Red Bull,
0:58.9	Christian Horner, and all the rest of them been saying about it? That's right. So it's probably
1:03.8	come a little bit sooner than I think all of us anticipated, given that the first murmurings were
1:08.5	only a couple of weeks ago. But yeah, you're right. Red Bull have officially announced that New will leave in 12 months' time.
1:15.1	But let's say, yeah, at the start of 2025 due to contractual wranglings and lawyers involved.
1:22.0	He'll still be with the team for the rest of the season.
1:24.7	He'll be attending numerous races, including the Miami
1:27.9	Grand Prix this weekend. And he's still going to be completing work on RB's RB Hypercar
1:34.5	product, the RB17, which is due to be unveiled at Goodwood this July. So he's still going to be
1:41.0	in and about for Red Bull up until the end of this season.
1:45.1	But I imagine probably from summer onwards he'll be taking a step back and then eventually,
1:50.8	obviously, we'll depart from the team early next year.
1:54.6	Of course, the team have been gushing with praise.
1:56.7	He has been a mainstay for their entire success and their entire foundations since he joined the team close to two decades ago.
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