From what I could understand reading motor racing magazines and also on the internet,Newey wanted to be able to go into Ferrari and hire and fire whoever he wanted. Ferrari didn`t want that,but required Newey to work with the staff that are there already. Daddy Stroll at Aston Martin doesn`t mind what Adrian Newey does and so gives him a free hand to have whoever he wants around him. Cann`t see the money being a problem really for Ferrari.
It's being reported that Adrian is being paid £30 million a year at Aston vs Lewis at Ferrari £43 million a year.
In my opinion, the recruitment of Newey is not only about F1 for Stroll. It is also about the Aston Martin brand. I am less convinced about the difference Newey will make to the car design. He got two things really right, blown diffuser and ground effect. Between the two, Mercedes dominated. OK, Renault might be to blame, to some degree. It is not a slam dunk that Aston will rise to number 1. I want to see the red car come to the fore, not because of Lewis, but Ferrari have struggled for enough years and they are iconic.
Why are people so eager to do down newey? All he really got right? Seriously? First point of order is that merc didn't dominate in chassis and aero thry dominated utterly in engine and were good on aero and chassis but even Hamilton called the cars hard to set up. Second out of order is newey worked a long time with a lot of people and was part of Williams and active aero, was part of mclaren team and then red bull. Everywhere he has gone he is part of successes Final point of order newey would never claim to have developed anything on his own. He brings a huge amount to the table amd that's why his salary is so high.
My point is he is not a God. I didn't say he only got 2 things right, I said 'really' right. That with current technology, wind tunnels, graphics and algorithms, times have changed. I fully accept his past achievements, I am not knocking them and I am a fan. I do believe he is not far out in front of others these days. He had past experience of ground effect, probably the only one that did, that gave him an edge. And yes, with other teams he was a differentiator but also those times were different, less computer technology to help analyse. I don't want to see a single team dominate. I believe others have significant experience. I fully expect Newey to influence the design in a very positive way but the pack have caught up and have experience.
Finally Aston have announced what we all knew - Adrian will be working with them! It will be interesting to see how fast he can turn things round for them or if he will just start on the 2026 car and write the 2025 season off.
I imagine he will propose some tweaks for 2025 to both create some momentum within the team and increase the income for the team with a better end of season result. Undoubtedly he will be very focused on the 2026 car though.
Just thought, the lower Aston can finish the constructors championship the more wind tunnel and computational fluid dynamics time they are allocated!!!
He's on gardening leave from Red Bull until March 2025. Big challenge for him to turn the ship around in time for 2026
Come 2026, Aston will have at least Newey, Honda, (an admittedly aging) Alonso and some of the newest/best facilities in F1. They might not get it right that year, but it seems inevitable they will get it right at some stage.
Interesting interview with Adrian Newey. Some interesting insights into what motivates him and what attracted him to Aston Martin. And by implication (because he's too diplomatic to say it) why he didn't go to Ferrari...
In the end newey is 65 now and will be 67 when the 2026 season starts The fact is he could get sick or worse by thr time this all kicks off or not.
Macca team orders inbound. Probably a little too late now but you have to hope red bull tank in this next race rather than podium
I do wonder if McLaren have forgotten what they need to try and win either championship, it's a good few years since they had a car capable! Red Bull seem to be a bit lost as to what to do to fix their issues. While they have lost a few key personnel I'm not sure if that's the root of the problem. I think the handling problems started late last season but as their car was so much better than the others it didn't matter. Again at the start of this season I think the other teams just hadn't managed to find the perfect window to operate their cars in - now McLaren, Ferrari and Merc have gained massively and Red Bull have stood almost still.
1/2 all the way with no passing of norris any more. Push on and on and let vertsappen duke it out with the others. Piastri should also he under orders that verstappen shall not pass. Ram him off the road.
If nothing is mentioned of Danny’s future this week , I think he might be in the car for Texas . He loves them and hey love him . having said that , They will probably announce something today or
As per my last comment . Ricciardo’s F1 exit finally announced as Red Bull pays tribute Red Bull has finally announced that RB will not be continuing with Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull has finally confirmed the exit from Formula 1 of Daniel Ricciardo. While it has been widely accepted that Ricciardo competed in his final race for RB in Singapore last weekend, there had been no formal announcement from the squad or parent Red Bull operation about the situation. But on Thursday afternoon, Red Bull’s social media channels paid tribute to Ricciardo’s contribution over the years, which included seven out of eight career wins. While Ricciardo was not definitive about his own future after Singapore, it was clear from his body language and messaging that he was anticipating it to be his final race in F1. Speaking after the race, and getting emotional at times, the Australian said he was at peace with himself over the situation. “I tried to obviously enjoy it [the Singapore Grand Prix weekend], a little bit like the end of '22 with McLaren," reflected Ricciardo. "Obviously I was aware maybe that was my last race, so I tried to enjoy that. "I think I'm in a much happier place now in the sport than I was then. So if this is it, let's say I have a little bit more peace and I'm proud of the career." please log in to view this image Daniel Ricciardo, RB F1 Team VCARB 01 Photo by: Lionel Ng / Motorsport Images Consistency not speed the issue Ricciardo’s return to F1 last year with RB was viewed as an opportunity for him to show that he still had the qualities that could earn him a spot in the main Red Bull operation. But his prospects of that were not helped by a crash at the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix that broke his wrist and put him on the sidelines for several weeks. While back to full fitness this season, and despite a potential opportunity opening up at Red Bull because of Sergio Perez’s struggles, Ricciardo could not deliver the consistency that his bosses wanted. There were highs, like a brilliant fourth place in the Miami sprint, and a run to eighth place in Canada, but there were too many occasions when he struggled for better results. RB team boss Laurent Mekies has made it clear, however, that Ricciardo’s natural speed was never the problem, it was just that he and the team could never consistently deliver it. Speaking exclusively to Autosport, Mekies said: “You and a few other people have asked us so many times, can Daniel still make it? And I think the answer on the track was yes, he can still make it. please log in to view this image Daniel Ricciardo, RB F1 Team VCARB 01 Photo by: Simon Galloway / Motorsport Images “Look at Miami, look at Canada, look at these races where he's shown that the pure speed was there then. Did we manage to do that in a constant enough manner? No, we didn't. “It's never the driver or the team. It's both together, you know. So did we find the sweet spot often enough? Probably not. “Did he show that he still had the ultimate speed when the sweet spot was there? Yeah, he definitely did.” Mekies said that had Ricciardo been racing for a team that had been able to find the sweet spot more often, then the situation may have been different. “It is very possible that tomorrow you could find a car that leaves you in that sweet spot for more races than not,” he added. “It would have been different if we had never seen the ultimate speed, but we saw it several times. “And it's something we have never hid our share of responsibility for, in trying to give him the car needed to express himself, and trying to find the sweet spot more often than not.” Despite its post on Ricciardo, RB has not yet formally announced that Liam Lawson will be stepping up to become Yuki Tsunoda’s team-mate for the rest of the campaign. Be part of the Autosport community
