“I still have some regret for never having worked for Ferrari and with Lewis Hamilton.”
This sentence was enough Adrian Neweytaken from a podcast last September, united to the implosion at Red Bull, to ignite an even bigger market fuss than the one raised by the announcement of Lewis Hamilton’s move from Mercedes to Ferrari. Because the 7 World titles that Hamilton brings pale in comparison to the 25 that Newey has put on the board in his almost forty years of experience in the circus (13 between drivers and manufacturers with Red Bull, another 12 between Williams and McLaren).
The Maranello team has been chasing the brilliant British engineer since 1986. She constantly tried to tear him away from the island across the Channel, always in vain. But now, the famous “alignment of planets” with which Vasseur described Hamilton’s red landing could end with a dramatic twist. And lead to the realization of a decades-long courtship. The single-seaters designed by Newey have been, since the days of the March/Leyton House led by Ivan Capelli, cutting edge on the aerodynamic level. Visionaries. But most of all, winners. And the fusion between Newey’s projects, Hamilton’s experience and Leclerc’s talent makes the Cavallino’s dreams for the 2026year of regulatory revolution which the British engineer will be able to interpret – as he has always done – in a more cunning, astute and brilliant way than his great competitors.
The March driven by Ivan Capelli, first single-seater designed by Adrian Newey, F1 1988
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Ferrari admirer for decades. But there is competition from Mercedes, Aston Martin and Audi to beat
Many rumors they give the wedding Ferrari-Newey already done. Just waiting for the official announcement which could also arrive this same season. Because Newey would have made it clear to Red Bull headquarters that he wanted a change of scenery, together with a good part of his entourage of collaborators. So as to be able to already lay the foundations of its new projects in 2025, after the obvious and robust period of gardening, and be fully operational in the crucial year. 2026. But…
The scenario, at the moment, seems excessively optimistic. Because Newey has always had (and still has) an endless array of suitors. Ferrari may be the longest-standing suitor, but the competition is very strong. If not almost unplayable. Because he understands Mercedesalways in war gear with Red Bull. Aston Martinwho would have already put on the table a pharaonic offer combined with the possible possibility of working with Fernando Alonso (in case of confirmation for 2025), another great regret of Newey’s along with Hamilton. And also Audiwhich, as is known, is preparing in style – and with equal economic strength – for its 2026 F1 entry.
And there is a further detail to take into consideration, as also highlighted by Ivan Capelli, the first driver to sit in a car designed by Adrian Newey (the 1988 March 881), in an interview granted to Gazzetta dello Sport. Newey, born in Stratford-upon-Avon, he has always lived and worked in England. And, at 65, even faced with the desire to get back into the game with another ambitious project, he will hardly leave his homeland. This is why, at the moment, Aston Martin and Mercedes would have the advantage over the Maranello hypothesis.
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