In early 2025, Adrian Newey will part ways with Red Bull, which was officially announced on May 1. At the same time, the famous racing car designer plans to complete his latest project, the RB17 hypercar, and has already announced that he will continue working on it in the production phase.
We’ve talked about this unique car at length, and there is perhaps some logic in Newey’s involvement in this special project at the latest stage of the business relationship with Red Bull, which began in 2006.
“Yes, that’s exactly how it turns out. I mean, of course, it was never a special intention for everything to happen like this,” the 65-year-old engineer told the championship’s official website in an interview. “When we started developing this car at the beginning of 2021, I couldn’t imagine not being in a team in 2025.
However, I will continue to refine the RB17 during production and beyond. I have spent a lot of personal time on this project, including working evenings and weekends, trying to somehow combine it with Formula 1 stuff. So of course I want to see it through to the end.
The shareholders of Red Bull, Christian Horner and everyone else support me in this, so I will continue to be involved in solving some of the issues.
The advantage is that we are already at a very important stage of the RB17 project and are working on its detailed development. We still have to solve some issues in the aerodynamics, as not all elements have found their final shape yet. At the same time, we already have an idea of what the maintenance schedule for such a machine will be and what the costs will be. All in all, we have a lot to do in the next six months or more.
But now that I don’t have any Formula 1 responsibilities anymore, I can fully concentrate on the RB17. And at the same time I will be able to spend some time resting. I have been working non-stop for too long, so it will be nice to have a break!
The period of working with this team was extremely interesting. Before Red Bull I was at McLaren and in 2005 we had a great car with which we won ten races, but I just felt that I needed a new challenge. To be honest, the move to Red Bull was a big career risk. I think a lot of people thought it was suicide at the time.
But it was just an attempt to build a team in the hope that one day it could win a race. We never thought we would achieve such success…’
Source: F1 News
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