Despite Lawrence Stroll’s Private AMR Tour for Adrian Newey, Ferrari Suspected as Favorites to Sign Him

Ever since Max Verstappen won the World Championship in 2021, the Red Bull F1 team has usurped Mercedes from the top spot in the Standings. It has successfully beat the Stuttgart-based outfit by breaking its eight-year-long winning streak. However, Christian Horner‘s team owes a big part of the credit for this victory over Mercedes to Adrian Newey, their current Chief Technical Officer, who is going to leave in early 2025.

Newey has worked with McLaren, Williams, and Red Bull, and he is the man behind twelve F1 Constructors’ Championship wins to date. The car designing wizard is widely regarded as the best in his field, and at 65, he has stirred up several speculations regarding his future moves. announcing his departure from Red Bull. While Adrian Newey has not disclosed which F1 team he will work for from 2025, two of the most prominent names that have come in relation to him are Aston Martin and Ferrari.

On June 20, several news outlets made a shocking report, claiming that Adrian Newey had gotten a secret visit to Aston Martin’s factory in Silverstone. This led to the belief that Lawrence Stroll, the chief of the British outfit, was perhaps going to win his bid against Ferrari for bringing Adrian Newey to his team. But a former McLaren engineer, who worked with the team in 2007, believes otherwise.

F1 veteran imagines Ferrari’s “resurgence” in Adrian Newey era

Despite Ferrari’s fame as one of the most successful squads in the sport, it has been a long wait of 16 years since the Tifosi celebrated their team’s Constructors’ Championship victory. But as an engineer who worked during 2007, when Ferrari had last won their Constructors’ title, ex-McLaren man Marc Priestly explained Marca how there is a possibility for the Maranello outfit’s resurgence.

Speaking at his interview on the prospect of Newey leading Ferrari to victory once Lewis Hamilton takes up his position as a racer for the Italian team, Priestly noted, “Adrian Newey will probably turn up at Ferrari, I suspect. And as I just said about Lewis Hamilton, imagine if you have a Ferrari that is resurgent and in top form under the new leadership of Fred Vasseur, which is great, a Lewis Hamilton next to a Charles Leclerc, and an Adrian Newey against a major regulation change. It’s a delightful prospect, isn’t it? I’m looking forward to seeing it.” Thus, Marc Priestly believes Ferrari can concoct a brilliant winning combination with Adrian Newey, Lewis Hamilton, and Frederic Vasseur working together.

Ferrari is rumored to drop the fight for Newey

Amidst the speculations regarding Fred Vasseur luring Adrian Newey off to Ferrari, some other reports suggest the Maranello outfit no longer wants him. The team has already agreed to shell out $100 million a year for Lewis Hamilton to drive for them. Now, Auto-Motor-und-Sport expert Michael Schmidt believes the Scuderia are ready to drop out of the fight for Adrian Newey against Aston Martin and Mercedes.

Statistics indeed say Newey’s touch turns an F1 car into a winning bet, and given the current neck-and-neck competition in Formula 1, all the teams would want to hire the aerodynamics wizard. However, no conclusive reports regarding his future have emerged yet and between McLaren, Mercedes, Ferrari, and Aston Martin, it is unclear which team Newey might choose to go to. While Adrian Newey is leaving Red Bull, speculations have already started about whether Max Verstappen will stay there.

The Dutchman has won three F1 titles with the cars that Newey has made for the Milton-Keynes outfit. In his absence, do you think Red Bull will still be able to manufacture race-winning cars that will earn Max Verstappen titles in the future too? Let us know in the comments below.