Adrian Newey has revealed that he’ll formally depart Purple Bull subsequent March, although he refuses to make clear the place he’s heading.
Firstly of Could it was confirmed that the veteran design guru is leaving the Austrian group after 19 years, thereby kick-starting intense hypothesis over the place he would take his distinctive expertise, having beforehand designed title successful vehicles for McLaren and Williams additionally.
Although he’ll play no half in preparation for 2025, he’s nonetheless helping with the present automobile and in addition the RB17 Hypercar which was revealed final weekend.
“I’ve been primarily speaking to the drivers just a little bit, after which a bit concerned in technique via the races,” he advised Motorsport.com when it comes to his present involvement within the group, “but it surely’s additionally been about assembly clients … RB17 purchasers and clients.
“The purpose of (RB17) is it’s totally a lot an extension of the System 1 group and everyone, subsequently, is concerned not solely within the RB17 itself, however in how Purple Bull goes about System 1 weekends. And that can proceed no matter my bodily being current, due to the way in which we’re doing it, and in addition my son Harry will proceed to work on RB17 via to its completion and certainly past after I cease working right here in March subsequent yr.
“Then I’ll nonetheless be absolutely concerned in working with the blokes on queries and I will be attending monitor checks and so forth and so forth.”
Linked with each Ferrari and Aston Martin, it’s understood {that a} return to one in all his earlier groups may not be solely out of the query.
