Williams joins Ferrari, Aston Martin and Mercedes on the list to sign Adrian Newey
May 3, 2024
Llast May 1st Red Bull has announced that Adrian Newey will leave the team at the end of the current season. The most successful designer of modern Formula 1 It will remain in Milton Keynes until March 2025 following projects external to the racing department, focusing on the work on the creation of Red Bull’s RB17 hypercar, which will be presented in July at the Goodwood festival. Interest in Newey is skyrocketing in the Miami Grand Prix paddock, the sixth round of the season which will take place this weekend with the Formar Sprint, as well as the last race in attendance for the Briton. His future is still in the center but if initially they were only Ferrari, Aston Martin And Mercedes on the list to sign him, now the Williams.
ANDof course, also the team of James Vowles he decided to do an attempt to sign Newey and bring him back to Grove once he bids farewell to Red Bull in the first quarter of 2025. Ferrari it could offer the designer programs outside of Formula 1, such as the hypercar in the WEC and the world of sailing where the Maranello team will soon debut with Giovanni Soldini. However, it may not be enough for Newey to have the chance to work for the Scuderia with Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton when he finishes his forced break. In fact, a big problem that had already interrupted the negotiations between the parties in the past was the transfer to Italy, which however is not foreseen if he accepted the proposal to Aston Martinwhich brought about 100 million, or more, to the table Mercedes. Red Bull’s headquarters are located in Milton Keynes, a short walk from Silverstone and Brackley, home of Lawrence Stroll and Toto Wolff’s team respectively.
TOd to be added to the list of contenders is now also the Williams. The team principal James Vowles he declared to Autosport: “He is an icon of our sport. There’s no doubt about it. Every team he’s been on since Williams has been championship material. And that’s not a coincidence, it’s simply the effect it has on the sport. It would be remiss of me not to talk to him. It’s that simple. I’ve known Adrian for a while and spoke to him on Friday. I’m sure we’ll talk again soon“. For Newey it would be a rI’m back in Williams as he worked alongside technical director Patrick Head in the creation of the FW14B with which Nigel Mansell he won the world title in 1992, as well as Alain Prost’s last world title in 1993, and in 1996 and ’97 with Damon Hill And Jacques Villeneuve. Williams’ proposal to Newey appears more of a suggestion than feasible, but Formula 1, just ask Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari, is no stranger to great twists, or rather market twists.
