Adrian Newey’s farewell
Miami was certainly a very significant weekend in his long Formula 1 career Adrian Newey.
The English designer in fact made his farewell to Red Bull official a few days ago, the team he had worked for since 2006, and the Florida event has been indicated by many as the conclusion of his parable in F1 with the Anglo-Austrian team.
Newey, who arrived on the track on Friday with his wife Amanda, spoke with Christian Horner and then gathered the team men inside the garage for the classic farewell speech. Obviously all the spotlight was on the brilliant British engineer, who was then interviewed by Martin Brundle and on the starting grid he exchanged a few jokes with Piero Ferrari, vice president of the Red Army, just when he had been curiously observing the SF-24 for a few minutes. It then became known of a meeting with James Vowles of Williams, revealed by the latter, as well as a conversation with Toto Wolff of Mercedes, in favor of the cameras. In short, Newey was more than ever the center of attention.
The last podium
However, Red Bull had thought of a special gift for its former technical director, that is it was decided that he should be on the podium if Max Verstappen won.
However, he wasn’t lucky, as Lando Norris’s success prevented him from having a final shower of champagne.
In interviews prior to the tender, the CEO However, Oliver Mintzlaff hinted to the microphones of Sky Deutschland that Miami may not have been Newey’s last appearance on the track: “We must accept and respect his wishes to take a break and we will remain in contact. It’s not a given that it will disappear completely, it’s here in Miami and will also be present in other races.”
The English designer’s last podium was at the 2023 Canadian GP.
