One eye on the present and one on the future. It’s a bit the fate of Formula 1 of these years. Never still, always evolving. It doesn’t matter there Ferrari who is trying to improve this season, especially after the flop in Canada, with a look at what is to come. Self Hamilton it’s safe from 2025, too Adrian Newey it is increasingly certain that he will join the Prancing Horse next year. In short, “a real dream team” as described by a great ex of the redhead, Gerhard Berger.
The Austrian pilot highlighted the work of Vasseur in building a great team to end the dominance of Red Bull but at the same time he spoke about the difficult situation of Carlos Sainz driver leaving Maranello.
Ferrari: it is made for Adrian Newey, the details of the agreement
The news is from these hours. The important specialized newspaper Business F1 MagazineAdrian Newey would practically be a Ferrari man. The latest issue of the magazine dedicated to the world of Formula dedicated around twenty pages to the English genius, now former Red Bull.
Newey has signed the contract that will tie him to Ferrari until 2027. According to the media, Bewey would have signed the contract with Maranello on 29 April 2024 and therefore a few days before the separation with Red Bull Racing was made official, as announced on 1 May.
The agreement between Ferrari and Newey would be worth 105 million dollars, we read among other things in the article. The negotiation would have been conducted by Eddie Jordan himself, a great friend of Newey who is acting as his agent at the moment, there is also talk of a commission of around 5 million for the former owner of the team of the same name Jordan.
F1, the former Berger: “With Hamilton, Newey and Leclerc it’s a title-winning Ferrari”
To bless the Ferrari which is being born under the direction of Fred Vasseur with the impulses and drive of John Elkann And Gerhard Bergerdriver of the red for two periods 87-89 and 93-95, who in an interview with the Germans Bild remarked:
“Adrian is an absolute genius. The last 25 years of his career speak for themselves. If he really arrived at Ferrari he could start a new era of success together with Vasseur, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton. In the end let’s talk about a real dream team which combines quality, experience and talent. A combination that could prove complicated for all opponents to beat.”
F1, Berger: “Sorry for Sainz, Williams or Audi are not up to his standards”
In the same interview with Bild, Berger who in the past also collaborated in the management of an F1 team, first BMW then the then Scuderia Toro Rosso, now Visa CashApp RB, also spoke about the paradoxical situation of Carlos Sainz who after having played his best seasons as a driver in F1 and in Ferrari specifically, he cannot find a top team and will probably have to settle for the Williams (increasingly likely) or of Sauber in view of the arrival of Audi in 2026:
“It’s very sad. I feel a little sorry for him because he is almost on par with Leclerc. But Ferrari chose Hamilton, who should provide new dynamism. For Sainz it is extremely difficultbecause there is no good option available at the moment.”
