Ivan Capelli doubts whether Newey will leave Red Bull

Italian driver Ivan Capelli competed in Formula 1 in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was one of the first to drive a car created by Adrian Newey in 1988.

The March 881 was the very first chassis that Newey built for Formula 1, was used by the Leyton House March Racing Team and, to the surprise of many, proved to be very competitive.

In Canada, Capelli scored his first points that season, finishing fifth, repeating this result in Germany and climbing to the podium in Belgium. In Portugal he took second place overall, losing only to McLaren driver Alain Prost – despite the fact that the British Judd engines were not particularly efficient, but the advantages of the chassis largely compensated for this.

In general, he has known Newey since then, so in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport he commented on rumors about his possible departure from Red Bull Racing. Capelli, 60, views these conversations with some skepticism.

“When you are 65 years old, it is quite difficult to make the decision to leave because there are big risks involved,” says the Italian Formula 1 veteran. “By the way, it is logical to assume that Newey should not leave alone – after all, an engineer of this caliber will take people who are loyal to him with him to a new place where he must immediately become actively involved in the work. However, I make a reservation: it is not at all a fact that events will develop exactly this way.

Although Red Bull tried to ease the crisis situation, the conflict continues to smolder. In China, where Verstappen took another victory, they showed in close-up how Christian Horner and Helmut Marko stood next to each other under the podium and applauded together, but this is all just a facade. In reality, nothing calmed down and no conflicts were resolved.

And yet it seems to me that Adrian will most likely decide to stay in England and will not be tempted, even by these incredible compensations that other teams can offer him.