Adrian Newey leaving?

I haven’t talked about it on this site yet, but I follow Formula 1. Although I am nowhere near what I would class a hardcore follower, I have followed for many years. I do not have a favourite team, but I have some drivers that I really like. Namely Valtteri Bottas (increasingly so lately!), Daniel Ricciardo, Fernando Alonso, and Carlos Sainz. I tend to lean more to the technical side of F1.

Anyway, I digress.

It’s been well known for what seems like forever that Newey is the best car designer in F1. Admittedly I mostly know him from Red Bull, but his career is legendary . Due to his age and past comments, I had assumed that he would see out his career working with Red Bull but lately there are rumours (as far as I can tell these are all they are) that he is considering leaving Red Bull. If that does happen it would shake up F1 quite a bit I believe.

The question is where would he go? The front runners seem to be Ferrari or Aston Martin. Personally, I would like to see him to go Aston Martin but if he does leave (and doesn’t retire), I think Ferrari is more likely. This is because he has said before that he would love to work with Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari. So that would tick both of those wishes off his list. A great end to his career and even better if he takes the team to one or more championships! He has also said he would like to work with Fernando Alonso so that alone puts Aston Martin in the frame as well as him not having to potentially relocate.

Interesting times and I am looking forward to seeing what happens.