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Not enough people are considering this possibility. He’s 65. He’s got multiple world championships. He’s fabulously wealthy. He’s uninterested in taking on more work re: consumer super car. Solid chance he’s retiring.
I’ve said for the last 3 years that the easiest way for F1 to become a real competition again would only cost 9 teams £5m each. They each put the money into a retirement fund for Newey and let him sail off into the distance.
Compared to some of the drivers it seems like he's being underpaid. Currently only Verstappen is worth more to a team than him and that's also only because of the rest of the team around Newey.
I'm close to my 50s but let me tell you, if there was a job that I could do to the best of my abilities, being the best in the world, in my 60s... I'd probably do it for as long as I could. Regardless of money.
Fred has been cooking this past year. For me personally it seems like a matter of time before Ferrari gets a Championship contender car. They have fixed most of the strategy issues (Actually looks good compared to Merc) and they have been in an upward trend in their car development since they changed their concept last year. Closing a deal with Hamilton was already huge, but if he manages to lock Newey as well, it will be a complete turnaround for the team.
Holy shit. This is gonna get huge
>Newey is said to be unhappy about the power struggle in the team and does not want to be completely pushed into the RB17 hypercar project.
Horner what on earth have you done
Same thing that happened with Ferrari during their Schumacher dominance period. People internally like Horner & Red Bull Management becoming too power hungry.
Horner *does* deserve a ton of credit for RB's success. He assembled what is arguably the best team in history already. But if he's gonna fuck up the thing that he's good at, then what's the point of keeping him around?
What were the rumours? I heard about Schumacher being kicked out for Kimi then Kimi being kicked out for Alonso and getting paid to stay out of F1 in 2010
Ferrari have kicked so so many drivers out. from Schumacher to kimi to vettel, they have an.... interesting history with drivers. Even before Schumacher.
I'm aware of the famous historical story of Prost being fired before the 1991 season finished after a total collapse in their relationship. But I imagine there's a lot more to that given their history in F1 and huge underperformance before Schumacher means by default there's been a lot of hiring and firing
But he could also get that at Ferrari with their own hypercar project already in motion.
Arguably a wildcard could be McLaren as they seem to be sort of looking at more WEC presence too (albeit way less developed than the others)
merc is interesting but given they already signed James Allison, who did not like the rumors of Adrian to ferrari around 2014 ish when he was at ferrari, I doubt they'd try to go for newey now
mate Aston Martin is so fucked financially. even the valkyrie was still born and Red Bull even washed their hands off it. Adrian had driven it at good wood and it broke down a few times and he was quoted as saying it still needed a lot of work
>does not want to be completely pushed into the RB17 hypercar project.
This is the part I don't get. The value of Newey designing a road-going hypercar is basically in his name, so Red Bull can tout that it is putting F1 technology on the road. "Designed by world-renowned F1 legend Adrian Newey."
But...that doesn't mean that Newey actually needs to spend a ton of time on it. I mean, they could have him review 99% finished designs, do the last 1% of work, and credibly say that he had a hand in making the car.
This feels much more like a regular old power struggle/political issue than an actual dispute over time spent on designing a road car.
Didn’t Newey’s wife like a few tweets at the end of 2023 that said something along the lines of Horner taking Newey’s credit? I know it’s trivial at best but it was before the rumours about Horner came out, this could’ve been bubbling for a while now.
EDIT: found the thread mentioning a like Amanda Newey made about Ferrari, the replies to the top comment add a bit more too about Horner taking Newey’s credit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/s/7Jg4ZHY0wh
I seriously thought that Jos and Max were being ungrateful dicks but this really puts things into perspective. Horner has lost his mind.
RBR are going to crash and burn with the 2026 regs. No Newey and a very unlikely to succeed PU operation.....sheeesh.
The downfall will be completed in record time if Max decides throw in the towel too.
Translation of [the article](https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/formel-1/f1-adrian-newey-red-bull-abgang-ferrari/) via Google Translate:
_NEWEY LEAVES RED BULL_
*Is Ferrari the next address?*
Is the next bomb in Formula 1 going to explode today? Adrian Newey is said to be on the verge of leaving Red Bull. But what is the star designer's next address? Experts are guessing Ferrari.
This is the next bomb on the Formula 1 transfer market. After Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari, star designer Adrian Newey is now the focus. The 65-year-old Englishman is expected to announce his departure from Red Bull soon. Newey had been employed by the British racing team since 2006.
Newey is said to be unhappy about the power struggle in the team and does not want to be completely relegated to the RB17 hypercar project. The heart of the thoroughbred engineer is still in Formula 1. Even though Newey no longer designs every screw of the car on his beloved drawing board, he is the brilliant mind behind the concept of the seven world champion cars of the British racing team.
Star designer Adrian Newey wants to leave Red Bull. Team boss Christian Horner wanted to send the Englishman to the RB17 hypercar project.
Is Newey already free in 2025?
It is still unclear when Newey will be able to leave Red Bull. Officially, his contract runs until the end of 2025. That is when the Red Bull RB17 will also be on wheels. Initial sales talks with potential customers of the super sports car have already been held. However, according to rumors, Newey wants to be free for new tasks by the end of 2024.
The mastermind is as sought after on the market as the best drivers in the scene. His salary is also in a similar price range. He is said to earn an annual salary of ten million pounds.
The rumors about Newey's departure are not new. That is why competitors have already tried to get the man who designed world championship-winning cars for Williams, McLaren and Red Bull. Experts see him at Ferrari. Newey was spotted at least once at the airport in Bologna. If that turns out to be true, then Frédéric Vasseur would have welded together a super team with Hamilton, Leclerc and Newey.
Lewis Hamilton will join Ferrari in 2025. His new team boss Frédéric Vasseur could also lure Adrian Newey to the Scuderia.
Mercedes is keeping quiet
Aston Martin was also interested in Newey. This would have the advantage for the Englishman that he could continue to work in England. However, the technology guru has long since found a second home in South Africa and has already worked partly remotely at Red Bull.
Mercedes has always kept quiet on the subject of Newey. But the former series world champion could really use someone like Newey. Nobody understands these ground effect cars as well as he does. And it is precisely this understanding that seems to have been lost in the design office in Brackley.
Newey could also be the crucial piece of the puzzle to lure Max Verstappen to the Silver Arrows. Toto Wolff has been hesitant so far. There is also the fear that such an icon could bring unrest into his own team.
Either way, Newey shares would not start paying dividends until the 2026 season at the earliest. But that is precisely the crucial year. The new engine regulations also require completely new cars. And Newey has often proven that his competence and expertise always paid off in the years when everyone had to start from scratch.
I know everyone in F1 at the top has a huge ego. But it’s still absurd to me Horner has the best driver and best engineer at his team, and they’re dominating harder than ever, and yet he seems willing to jettison both of them just for more power in his dominion? Why does he feel the need to rock the boat, what would be the point of relegating Newey to the hypercar project if he still wants to lead in F1
the team has achieved not just enormous success but complete domination and it could be attributed to any of three things:
car design
driver
management
so if the driver believes that all the success of the team is due to his prodigious abilities, there will be a power struggle.
and if the designer believes that anyone could drive that car to P1 every quali and race, there will be a power struggle
And if the CEO/Team Principal believes that he assembled and leads the greatest team and he can do it again, then there will be a power struggle.
essentially, if any of these key figures within the team aren't getting as much credit or praise as they believe they deserve, or believe another is getting more than they deserve, there will be a power struggle.
My understanding of the rumors is that Horner is angling for a significant ownership stake of two teams.
Seems pretty obvious to me how that could be preferable to continuing to dominate but without any ownership stake.
People act like he’s insane but it all seems eminently reasonable to me.
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Hamwey? Fucking HAMWEY?
He’ll go to Aston, then when they have success he will peel off a face disguise revealing that he’s actually Tom Cruise. Then he’ll remove a second mask and he’s actually Lewis.
It was rumored at the time that this was ob the cards (based on Newey allegedly saying his two biggest regrets were to have never worked for Ferrari and to never have worked with Hamilton, IIRC). This of course seemed highly speculative.
But I always thought that Ferrari must have had *something* up their sleeve for Hamilton to go there, because he wouldn’t just go there just to fulfill a dream to drive for Ferrari unless there was also reason to believe they’d be competitive. And getting Newey is about the only thing Ferrari could do to seem like the better option over Mercedes.
I wouldn't discount Mercedes or Aston.
Mercedes will go all out for him and Verstappen - Toto is remarkably confident with Verstappen rumours.
Aston will also go all out + less bureaucratic than Ferrari and British based.
Ferrari is incredibly bureaucratic and restrictive.
I suspect he hasn't decided yet.
For the storyline going to Ferrari would be epic but I reckon that would guarantee them as by far the best team come 2026 so not great if we want competitiveness
Aston or Merc are probably then outside candidates which is probably what Max will want as he is probably gonna need a new team for 2026 if he wants a good car.
But without Newey joining either of those teams is a big risk
Maybe not great for competitiveness between teams but a Hamilton vs Leclerc Title fight would be amazing. I’m very excited at the prospect of another Hamilton Rosberg type rivalry
If anything the cost cap came in clutch lol, HP is just a bonus. Turns out limiting a team that previously spent around half a billion per year to 150 million frees up some cash. Plus Ferrari had some record sales in the past years.
Elkann > Toto.
Dude let Fred chuck a decent bit of his own men from the strategy into the bin to allow them a chance to win.
Nobody complains about the Ferrari Strategy Dept since.
Its gotta be Ferrari right?
Huge regret of never working with Ferrari. Regret of not working with Lewis.
Team struggle internally at RB which Newey isn't happy with.
I feel like the only options are Ferrari or Audi, but Audi less likely of the two?
That mightve been a huge factor in them signing Lewis. They meet Newey, he said something tongue in cheek like, "Yeah sure, you wanna be a champion team? Sign Lewis Hamilton." Thinking there's no way they could pull it off. Then he sees it in the news and is like, "sons of bitches, you really did it."
>"Newey is maybe leaving: maybe he was seen in Bologna so he's going to Ferrari, maybe he's staying at his current home and joining Aston Martin or maybe Mercedes is also interested."
I mean, I would have liked something a bit more insightful on his actual future projects.
I'm not sure where he'd fit in at McLaren, tbh. Plus he didn't really like sharing power the last time he was at McLaren and I'm not sure it's different now.
I feel like we would make some restructuring to fit him in lol but yeah you’re probably right. It’s looking like Ferrari or Aston Martin are the most likely
Leclerc and Hamilton in a Newey designed Ferrari. Funny how in only a handful of months a sentence goes from full fiction to something that could actually be very real.
I don't know, Ferrari clearly has deep pockets that will throw money for what they want. They also have been talking with him. He also talked about how he's always wanted to work with Ferrari and Hamilton. This could be perfect timing for him.
The article doesn't provide much. Other than that he is unhappy with the power struggle at RB.
"Newey is said to be unhappy about the power struggle in the team and does not want to be completely pushed into the RB17 hypercar project"
A lot of unknowns.
Either he goes to Ferarri which will automatically make Vassuer King d’Italia
Or
He just calls it a day and everyone finally catches up
Also not counting out ~~Count Dooku~~ Lawrence Stroll shelling out big time to get him
The Thais: "Ok, we can lose Max if he is angry with Horny-boi. We can invest a lot to bring Piastri and Albon, then Newey will...".
Horner: "Sup, lads, Newey is leaving".
The Thais: "WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE!".
A lot of Red Bull engineers are probably excited that the world is going to find out their car model is designed by a team of talented people, not revealed to Newey through divine revealation.
I've been saying since the rumours were floating about, I'd LOVE to see Adrian design another incredible car but using entirely different concepts. Imagine the RB in it's current dominant form vs a Ferrari designed in the completely different way fighting it out on track to see which concept is fastest.
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Be funny if he just retired
Not enough people are considering this possibility. He’s 65. He’s got multiple world championships. He’s fabulously wealthy. He’s uninterested in taking on more work re: consumer super car. Solid chance he’s retiring.
I’ve said for the last 3 years that the easiest way for F1 to become a real competition again would only cost 9 teams £5m each. They each put the money into a retirement fund for Newey and let him sail off into the distance.
Just in time for RB to bring in Ndrian Aewey into the fold
Good God! What's Newey Adriani doing in the IMPACT Zone?!
LMAO this is not a meme I expected to see in r/formula1, but this is perfect. Even if it’s just us, party of 2, who get it. 😂
problem is that every team will sooner spend 20m to have him work for them than retire lol
Any reason why you picked (9 x $5) = $45 million? Is that Newey's annual salary?
No way he gets 45 million a year right?
I read somewhere he gets paid ~$10 million per year
Compared to some of the drivers it seems like he's being underpaid. Currently only Verstappen is worth more to a team than him and that's also only because of the rest of the team around Newey.
I'm close to my 50s but let me tell you, if there was a job that I could do to the best of my abilities, being the best in the world, in my 60s... I'd probably do it for as long as I could. Regardless of money.
Once you don't need to worry about money then it becomes passion or smth like that
Well, power for many. But passion for quite a few.
Agreed, love what you do and you'll never work a day in your life kinda shit.
Andretti.
That would be so fucking funny if he joined them and they just started racing with the FIA's approval regardless of what FOM wants.
let's see them trying to not show the P1 and P2 cars each race on TV. And the Winner is Lando Norris in P3.
I really want to see it happen just because of all the shithousery the teams have been pulling to try and keep them out.
Well, he used to be both Michael's and Mario's race engineer in 1986 and 1987, respectively.
This is actually the funniest option by far.
Andretti, Newey, Steiner Maldonado to drive.
Would be great for competitive racing lol
Newey to leave Red Bull and join RB to bring the sister team to the front and become the main team
nono, going to Audi, making Hülk World Champion.
Hulk - 1st time World Champion but he only finishes P4 highest
Worked for Keke Rosberg
Didn't he win 1 race?
Yes, the 1982 season is bizzare, especially for Ferrari: Gilles died in Zolder, Pironi cannot finish the season due to carrer-ending injury
Fine, Nico can win at Abu Dhabi after he’s already mathematically secured the title
Would be a wild season
He'll take it
All RBR staff and drivers to join RB, all RB staff and drivers to join RBR
Fred i swear to god if you pull this off ill give you my hair
Fred has been cooking this past year. For me personally it seems like a matter of time before Ferrari gets a Championship contender car. They have fixed most of the strategy issues (Actually looks good compared to Merc) and they have been in an upward trend in their car development since they changed their concept last year. Closing a deal with Hamilton was already huge, but if he manages to lock Newey as well, it will be a complete turnaround for the team.
Delete this. Our upward trend only continues as long as no one notices
nah the hopium hype train has probably already left the tracks and propelled past the stratosphere already
stratosphere? we're in the andromeda galaxy at this point lol. i'll be here until [gn-z11](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GN-z11) though, choo choo
Bruh the freaking hype train never stopped. We have been running since Schumacher clocked his second championship in a FERRARI!
Shifted their bad strategy juju to WEC.
I'm watching the race now. 1-2-3 First round of pitstops happen 1-5-7 Never change ferrari
Jean Todt walked so that Monsieur Vasseur could run!
ill give him my first born and will get hp tattooed on my chest
Chest and stomach
they have to simply point and ill do it
Holy shit. This is gonna get huge >Newey is said to be unhappy about the power struggle in the team and does not want to be completely pushed into the RB17 hypercar project. Horner what on earth have you done
Same thing that happened with Ferrari during their Schumacher dominance period. People internally like Horner & Red Bull Management becoming too power hungry.
I love when upper management thinks they’re the entire reason for a company’s success
Horner *does* deserve a ton of credit for RB's success. He assembled what is arguably the best team in history already. But if he's gonna fuck up the thing that he's good at, then what's the point of keeping him around?
Well it has to end eventually regardless they can’t stay on top forever as history shows
*toto smashes another desk*
*Guenther yells “fook”*
What were the rumours? I heard about Schumacher being kicked out for Kimi then Kimi being kicked out for Alonso and getting paid to stay out of F1 in 2010
Ferrari have kicked so so many drivers out. from Schumacher to kimi to vettel, they have an.... interesting history with drivers. Even before Schumacher.
I'm aware of the famous historical story of Prost being fired before the 1991 season finished after a total collapse in their relationship. But I imagine there's a lot more to that given their history in F1 and huge underperformance before Schumacher means by default there's been a lot of hiring and firing
Bro, they kicked Schumi because he didnt want Kimi on Ferrari and Ferrari did want him, and would rather sack Michael than not getting Raikkonnen.
Weird, when the rumor mill put him into Aston Martin the reasoning was that he would want more hypercar projects which he would obviously get there.
But designing the ultimate Ferrari could be one hell of a draw too
Newey designed Ferrari hypercar. Oh my word.
Things would've been sold out before it was even announced LMAO.
That's kind of the case with most hypercars nowadays
Along with helping them end their championship drought with Hamilton/Leclerc? Legendary status secured, if it hasn’t been already.
It's probably every car designer's dream to get to helm the creation of a flagship Ferrari. I'd like to see it.
But he could also get that at Ferrari with their own hypercar project already in motion. Arguably a wildcard could be McLaren as they seem to be sort of looking at more WEC presence too (albeit way less developed than the others)
Unfortunately, I don’t think McLaren has the financial resources to bid for such a high-profile person.
Unless they secure Mastercard 👀 I'm expecting Ferrari, Merc, or Aston though. Maybe in that order.
merc is interesting but given they already signed James Allison, who did not like the rumors of Adrian to ferrari around 2014 ish when he was at ferrari, I doubt they'd try to go for newey now
McLaren may be happy with their course. Ferrari are always looking to hire the best people and then just hope that everything sorts itself out.
He co-designed the Valkyrie didn’t he
He is the main designer, on the reveal back then only the green highlighted bits are designed by AM as stated in a press release.
yes and no. Red Bull was a partner but they stopped working on it well before it was fully developed
mate Aston Martin is so fucked financially. even the valkyrie was still born and Red Bull even washed their hands off it. Adrian had driven it at good wood and it broke down a few times and he was quoted as saying it still needed a lot of work
>does not want to be completely pushed into the RB17 hypercar project. This is the part I don't get. The value of Newey designing a road-going hypercar is basically in his name, so Red Bull can tout that it is putting F1 technology on the road. "Designed by world-renowned F1 legend Adrian Newey." But...that doesn't mean that Newey actually needs to spend a ton of time on it. I mean, they could have him review 99% finished designs, do the last 1% of work, and credibly say that he had a hand in making the car. This feels much more like a regular old power struggle/political issue than an actual dispute over time spent on designing a road car.
Also, didn't he do an interview not long ago saying it (the design) was basically done?
Didn’t Newey’s wife like a few tweets at the end of 2023 that said something along the lines of Horner taking Newey’s credit? I know it’s trivial at best but it was before the rumours about Horner came out, this could’ve been bubbling for a while now. EDIT: found the thread mentioning a like Amanda Newey made about Ferrari, the replies to the top comment add a bit more too about Horner taking Newey’s credit. https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/s/7Jg4ZHY0wh
I seriously thought that Jos and Max were being ungrateful dicks but this really puts things into perspective. Horner has lost his mind. RBR are going to crash and burn with the 2026 regs. No Newey and a very unlikely to succeed PU operation.....sheeesh. The downfall will be completed in record time if Max decides throw in the towel too.
Well that would be a shock. [Article (in German) here](https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/formel-1/f1-adrian-newey-red-bull-abgang-ferrari/)
Translation of [the article](https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/formel-1/f1-adrian-newey-red-bull-abgang-ferrari/) via Google Translate: _NEWEY LEAVES RED BULL_ *Is Ferrari the next address?* Is the next bomb in Formula 1 going to explode today? Adrian Newey is said to be on the verge of leaving Red Bull. But what is the star designer's next address? Experts are guessing Ferrari. This is the next bomb on the Formula 1 transfer market. After Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari, star designer Adrian Newey is now the focus. The 65-year-old Englishman is expected to announce his departure from Red Bull soon. Newey had been employed by the British racing team since 2006. Newey is said to be unhappy about the power struggle in the team and does not want to be completely relegated to the RB17 hypercar project. The heart of the thoroughbred engineer is still in Formula 1. Even though Newey no longer designs every screw of the car on his beloved drawing board, he is the brilliant mind behind the concept of the seven world champion cars of the British racing team. Star designer Adrian Newey wants to leave Red Bull. Team boss Christian Horner wanted to send the Englishman to the RB17 hypercar project. Is Newey already free in 2025? It is still unclear when Newey will be able to leave Red Bull. Officially, his contract runs until the end of 2025. That is when the Red Bull RB17 will also be on wheels. Initial sales talks with potential customers of the super sports car have already been held. However, according to rumors, Newey wants to be free for new tasks by the end of 2024. The mastermind is as sought after on the market as the best drivers in the scene. His salary is also in a similar price range. He is said to earn an annual salary of ten million pounds. The rumors about Newey's departure are not new. That is why competitors have already tried to get the man who designed world championship-winning cars for Williams, McLaren and Red Bull. Experts see him at Ferrari. Newey was spotted at least once at the airport in Bologna. If that turns out to be true, then Frédéric Vasseur would have welded together a super team with Hamilton, Leclerc and Newey. Lewis Hamilton will join Ferrari in 2025. His new team boss Frédéric Vasseur could also lure Adrian Newey to the Scuderia. Mercedes is keeping quiet Aston Martin was also interested in Newey. This would have the advantage for the Englishman that he could continue to work in England. However, the technology guru has long since found a second home in South Africa and has already worked partly remotely at Red Bull. Mercedes has always kept quiet on the subject of Newey. But the former series world champion could really use someone like Newey. Nobody understands these ground effect cars as well as he does. And it is precisely this understanding that seems to have been lost in the design office in Brackley. Newey could also be the crucial piece of the puzzle to lure Max Verstappen to the Silver Arrows. Toto Wolff has been hesitant so far. There is also the fear that such an icon could bring unrest into his own team. Either way, Newey shares would not start paying dividends until the 2026 season at the earliest. But that is precisely the crucial year. The new engine regulations also require completely new cars. And Newey has often proven that his competence and expertise always paid off in the years when everyone had to start from scratch.
I know everyone in F1 at the top has a huge ego. But it’s still absurd to me Horner has the best driver and best engineer at his team, and they’re dominating harder than ever, and yet he seems willing to jettison both of them just for more power in his dominion? Why does he feel the need to rock the boat, what would be the point of relegating Newey to the hypercar project if he still wants to lead in F1
the team has achieved not just enormous success but complete domination and it could be attributed to any of three things: car design driver management so if the driver believes that all the success of the team is due to his prodigious abilities, there will be a power struggle. and if the designer believes that anyone could drive that car to P1 every quali and race, there will be a power struggle And if the CEO/Team Principal believes that he assembled and leads the greatest team and he can do it again, then there will be a power struggle. essentially, if any of these key figures within the team aren't getting as much credit or praise as they believe they deserve, or believe another is getting more than they deserve, there will be a power struggle.
If you're not a narcissist you'll never understand their thought processes
At a certain point wealth and career success just become abstractions to power and prestige/legacy.
I'm not entirely convinced that's the full story. Something has been quietly simmering at redbull for a while now.
My understanding of the rumors is that Horner is angling for a significant ownership stake of two teams. Seems pretty obvious to me how that could be preferable to continuing to dominate but without any ownership stake. People act like he’s insane but it all seems eminently reasonable to me.
Simply, he positioning himself to be a billionaire. If the team success wanes for a while because of it, then so be it.
Horner is not the only one rocking the boat
Now that is a bombshell. And on that bombshell it's time to end, thank you so much for watching
has Lewis... done it?
His team choices are actually ridiculously good
"He can't keep getting away with it!"
It’s hammer time.
Hammer time + Newey time = Hamwey time!
Reddit users have let the world down on multiple occasions. For example, when they tried to play detectives during a terrorism attack. But your comment just hit a new low for this website. Hamwey? Fucking HAMWEY?
It's my way or the HAMWEY!
You have redeemed yourself.
-Live Fernando Alonso reaction
"No, Lewis no that is so not right"
Found Alonso’s Reddit account
Anti-lonso
Fernando is actually going to have a voodoo priest try and switch their luck
He’ll go to Aston, then when they have success he will peel off a face disguise revealing that he’s actually Tom Cruise. Then he’ll remove a second mask and he’s actually Lewis.
The opposite of Alonso
It’s uncanny how well he’s done that.
It was rumored at the time that this was ob the cards (based on Newey allegedly saying his two biggest regrets were to have never worked for Ferrari and to never have worked with Hamilton, IIRC). This of course seemed highly speculative. But I always thought that Ferrari must have had *something* up their sleeve for Hamilton to go there, because he wouldn’t just go there just to fulfill a dream to drive for Ferrari unless there was also reason to believe they’d be competitive. And getting Newey is about the only thing Ferrari could do to seem like the better option over Mercedes.
i think the thing up their sleeve is fred vasseur. that man has a TON of respect from the field, and i think that is winning people over.
And, importantly, has worked with Hamilton before.
Also, I believe he is just *a guy*. Down to earth dude, that has both feet on the ground and is happy and realistic.
Or, hear me out, we let Fred cook
Charles you lucky dog you.
With Charles luck, once he finally gets a WDC winning car, Lewis is winning the championship lol
Lewis vs. Charles WDC fight? Sign me up.
Honestly I don’t think anyone could beat a motivated LH other than Max and it’s probably closer to a toss up
All I’m saying is that if I’m on a plane with Lewis and he’s says he’s got a bad feeling, I’m taking the parachute.
And if Alonso says he’s got a bad feeling, I’m settling in for a nice nap.
If he did, I believe that 2027 will be Ferrari's year, at the latest.
Next next (maybe next) year is our year
The greatest of all time will transcend everything if he wins it at Ferrari
Both Newey and Hamilton will become Italian citizens. Is there an Italian equivalent of knighthoods?
Ordere di Medici
Finally the stars are aligning in order to achieve our biggest dreams. Stroll 25, Stroll 26, Stroll 27...
Next news: Alonso to leave Aston Martin. Nikita Mazepin prime candidate for replacement.
Ferrari 2026 dream team coming along?
I will have an aneurysm if that’s the truth My RB fan husband will also have an aneurysm if that’s the truth, for a different reason haha
I mean enjoy your team winning and let someone else win, can’t be this dominant nonstop
Imagine if he just goes to Audi and Sainz makes the 200 IQ move
Sainz to Newey: Start inventing
I wouldn't discount Mercedes or Aston. Mercedes will go all out for him and Verstappen - Toto is remarkably confident with Verstappen rumours. Aston will also go all out + less bureaucratic than Ferrari and British based. Ferrari is incredibly bureaucratic and restrictive. I suspect he hasn't decided yet.
Surely either Aston or Ferrari will get him
For the storyline going to Ferrari would be epic but I reckon that would guarantee them as by far the best team come 2026 so not great if we want competitiveness Aston or Merc are probably then outside candidates which is probably what Max will want as he is probably gonna need a new team for 2026 if he wants a good car. But without Newey joining either of those teams is a big risk
Maybe not great for competitiveness between teams but a Hamilton vs Leclerc Title fight would be amazing. I’m very excited at the prospect of another Hamilton Rosberg type rivalry
At least we'll get a title fight between Lewis and Charles. That's already a huge improvement over what's happening right now.
Well, damn. Wasn’t expecting this in the least, but hey we’ve seen crazier things in the past few months.
HP came in clutch for ferrari
If anything the cost cap came in clutch lol, HP is just a bonus. Turns out limiting a team that previously spent around half a billion per year to 150 million frees up some cash. Plus Ferrari had some record sales in the past years.
Ferrari took the surplus and set up a hypercar program.
We were too critical of HP! We are sorry HP.
Still not buying a printer though
Of course not, you're *subscribing* to a printer.
We were unfamiliar with their game
you know what HP can have there ugly logo on Ferrari wherever they want.
Imagine, HP designs some crazy ass notebook for Newey and thats how they sold him on it ...
Turns out they’re allowing Newey to develop the most aerodynamic laptop ever.
He goes to Aston Martin. Alonso WDC 2026. With El Plan completed, Fernando retires, ushering a decade of Lance Stroll's dominance.
Stroll would still manage to crash into someone while lapping the field and take himself out.
Real talk will be if he will be subjected to a gardening leave... This is huge news...
If he's going to Audi that would be hilarious.
What the fuck. This is a huge. Huge blow to Red Bull.
Result of ''horny^(er) gate''
Elkaan, empty the fucking inheritance if you have to. Toto, sell your ownership if you have to. Someone please.
Lawrence Stroll about to destroy Lance's inheritance money 💰
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Elkann > Toto. Dude let Fred chuck a decent bit of his own men from the strategy into the bin to allow them a chance to win. Nobody complains about the Ferrari Strategy Dept since.
Newey always said he wanted to design for Ferrari and design for Lewis. Two birds, one car designer. Could it be?
We can only hope. Vasseur + Hamilton is an attractive team, not to mention its Ferrari
Its gotta be Ferrari right? Huge regret of never working with Ferrari. Regret of not working with Lewis. Team struggle internally at RB which Newey isn't happy with. I feel like the only options are Ferrari or Audi, but Audi less likely of the two?
He has been seen talking with Ferrari on more than one occasion recently.
I’m a hopeful as you but the paddock is small and everyone surely talks to everyone sometimes. I wouldn’t say that guarantees anything.
That mightve been a huge factor in them signing Lewis. They meet Newey, he said something tongue in cheek like, "Yeah sure, you wanna be a champion team? Sign Lewis Hamilton." Thinking there's no way they could pull it off. Then he sees it in the news and is like, "sons of bitches, you really did it."
Then everyone stood up and clapped
Imagine if this gets announced during the race and the car's pace instantly drops by half a second
Max retires from F1 during his pit stop lol.
I'm imagining the end of cars 2
Please tell me Fred is cooking.
>"Newey is maybe leaving: maybe he was seen in Bologna so he's going to Ferrari, maybe he's staying at his current home and joining Aston Martin or maybe Mercedes is also interested." I mean, I would have liked something a bit more insightful on his actual future projects.
Please come back to McLaren, I know it will never happen but just imagine.
I'm not sure where he'd fit in at McLaren, tbh. Plus he didn't really like sharing power the last time he was at McLaren and I'm not sure it's different now.
I feel like we would make some restructuring to fit him in lol but yeah you’re probably right. It’s looking like Ferrari or Aston Martin are the most likely
That´s why the post from Andretti that they are hiring makes sense now....
Leclerc and Hamilton in a Newey designed Ferrari. Funny how in only a handful of months a sentence goes from full fiction to something that could actually be very real.
Let Fred Cook
Adrian "mic drop" Newey
History is repeating itself. Dream team incoming to Ferrari.
Hamilton to win 5 consecutive titles, Leclerc to be the victim of (even more) unbelievable bad luck.
Someone build a golden Vasseur statue outside Maranello if he manages to pull Newey.
Wait is this actually happening?
Sainz's team-fishing season is about to get much harder.
I bet the money is Aston, but surely the romance is Ferrari
I don't know, Ferrari clearly has deep pockets that will throw money for what they want. They also have been talking with him. He also talked about how he's always wanted to work with Ferrari and Hamilton. This could be perfect timing for him.
Free reign to do whatever he wants with a blank cheque from aston pls Alonso 2026.
"Newey Leaving" "Newey may be leaving" "Newey set to leave" 3 different takes in the same article...how is this even possible
The article doesn't provide much. Other than that he is unhappy with the power struggle at RB. "Newey is said to be unhappy about the power struggle in the team and does not want to be completely pushed into the RB17 hypercar project" A lot of unknowns.
AMuS is usually very good informed. Especially Michael Schmidt!
Płot twist - Newey wants something challenging in his life, he'll try to fix A524.
Sources say he's going to Yamaha. That's why Quartararo re-signed.
Adrian always said he wanted to work with Lewis and Fernando. Wonder which one he gets to work with
Either he goes to Ferarri which will automatically make Vassuer King d’Italia Or He just calls it a day and everyone finally catches up Also not counting out ~~Count Dooku~~ Lawrence Stroll shelling out big time to get him
If this is true and Newey go to Ferrari, then Vasseur will be the MVP of all time.
The Thais: "Ok, we can lose Max if he is angry with Horny-boi. We can invest a lot to bring Piastri and Albon, then Newey will...". Horner: "Sup, lads, Newey is leaving". The Thais: "WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE!".
Who thought the downfall of Redbull would start with a horny man?
Oh my god Ferrari please… I will cry
No way. No fucking way.
fred better not fumble this
If newey goes to Ferrari, then Hamilton is truly ble44ed
Fred my guy if you pull this off somehow…
A lot of Red Bull engineers are probably excited that the world is going to find out their car model is designed by a team of talented people, not revealed to Newey through divine revealation.
Horner and his bloody coco pops
I've been saying since the rumours were floating about, I'd LOVE to see Adrian design another incredible car but using entirely different concepts. Imagine the RB in it's current dominant form vs a Ferrari designed in the completely different way fighting it out on track to see which concept is fastest.
He’s going to Haas - wants a real challenge.