Adrian Newey Exclusive: Why I Quit Red Bull & My Future at Aston Martin (E289)
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2024
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Jake and Damian sit down with Adrian Newey for an exclusive discussion about his latest career move and what the future holds. Adrian opens up about the big decision behind joining a new team and what ultimately convinced him it was the right choice.
He reflects on how his mindset has changed since his early days with Red Bull, the evolution of his design approach, and the excitement of taking on new challenges with fresh perspectives.
Adrian also shares insights into the RB19 car, highlighting the features he's most proud of, and emphasises the importance of fostering a culture of humility and continuous learning.
This episode offers practical tips on overcoming challenges, moving forward from failure and staying focused on the future.
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| 0:00.0 | If you'd ask me even if two or three years ago would I ever be moving from Red Bull to another team |
| 0:05.8 | and said that's it in our way. And you are you okay to talk about the crash in 94 with Aetin? |
| 0:11.5 | What a waste of what was such an amazing person, such a stupid accident. |
| 0:17.0 | The key thing was, what part did I personally play in what happened and I don't think we'll ever know with |
| 0:26.3 | absolute 100% confidence what happened I think it got some saders and it instead of saying okay well accepting it and moving on |
| 0:39.7 | It started to affect their psyche. |
| 0:45.0 | That is the voice of the F1 designer Adrian Newy, |
| 0:48.0 | who has just announced he's joining Aston Martin. |
| 0:52.0 | And this is high performance, the podcast that explores the stories and |
| 0:55.2 | ideas of some of the most extraordinary people in the world. I'm Jay Humphrey and like so many |
| 1:01.2 | of you I'm someone who's just fascinated by becoming a better |
| 1:04.0 | version of myself. And I'm Damien Hughes, an expert in high performance cultures. |
| 1:09.5 | I've worked with the England National Football team, Scotland Rugby, |
| 1:13.7 | professional sports teams right across the world and with leading business people |
| 1:18.2 | to help them understand how to get the best out of themselves and others. In this show we discuss both how people |
| 1:26.5 | achieve great things and the why that drives them. This was a really enjoyable |
| 1:31.2 | conversation which I hope you find insightful. |
| 1:33.7 | We go into the decision that Adrian made to join |
| 1:36.7 | Aston Martin after almost 20 years at Red Bull. |
| 1:40.1 | What he still hopes to achieve in the sport, why he's still carrying on, |
| 1:44.0 | and also why so many of you have got Max Vastapen wrong, |
| 1:48.0 | actually how Adrian himself misjudged Louis Hamilton. |
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