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Boring boring choice, such a nothing driver. Also, never knew his real name was Huelkenberg.
Achieved absolutely nothing of note in F1 apart from one pole position in Brazil 14 years ago.Boring boring choice, such a nothing driver. Also, never knew his real name was Huelkenberg.
a modern day andrea de cesarisAchieved absolutely nothing of note in F1 apart from one pole position in Brazil 14 years ago.
i got the impression from his book that they didnt truly appreciate what he did.Perhaps Horner's power games were repeating Frank and Patrick in 1995-96. "Decisions made over lunch for me to learn about later".
Maybe he just want's a free Fezzah...There's a lot more to come out of this and the reasons behind it (some of which may be hidden behind an NDA, Christian likes NDAs).
Perhaps he didn't want to be shuffled off to some stuffy road car vanity project (again).
Perhaps he felt like if there was an effective salary cap, he shouldn't be the one to make way.
Perhaps Horner's power games were repeating Frank and Patrick in 1995-96. "Decisions made over lunch for me to learn about later".
Maybe he can't really add to his reputation or achievements by just making more of the same.
Maybe he's just as bored as we are, and wants a change.
Maybe he just gets creeped out by the gremlin in charge.
I agree with you, however when you look back at his career its fair to say that success follows him so he certainly has influence in some form - although his reputation is certainly greatly enhanced over his rival designers. regardless, he is without a doubt the greatest f1 car designer there has ever been... all i would add, i recall two people who were meant to be his understudy's who would go on to greater things - at williams in the 90s he worked with Eghbal Hamidy (had to google him) who didnt go on to change the world... whilst at mclaren he had Peter Prodromou with him, the latter probably did better but neither could be said to have changed the face of f1 in their own rights... prodromou is back at mclaren the last i heard...I've always doubted how much influence just one guy truly has in terms of designing such an immensely complicated piece of engineering. Surely it's as much to do with the calibre of the hundreds of other engineers around him as much as it Newey himself? Not doubting at all that he's brilliant at what he does, but he ain't doing it all himself.
German team wanting a German driver by the looks of it.Boring boring choice, such a nothing driver. Also, never knew his real name was Huelkenberg.
Time will tell, though why do the "top level designers" at other teams get nowhere near the RB?I don't buy that.
I've always doubted how much influence just one guy truly has in terms of designing such an immensely complicated piece of engineering. Surely it's as much to do with the calibre of the hundreds of other engineers around him as much as it Newey himself? Not doubting at all that he's brilliant at what he does, but he ain't doing it all himself.
I think the key thing here for the next year and a bit leading up to the new regs in 2026 will be who else from the Red Bull technical team follows him out of the door to wherever he ends up.
People are talking as if Red Bull are toast just because Newey is leaving, but if they keep a hold of all/most of the rest of the top-level designers it might not have anywhere near as much negative impact as some people think.
Could have got SchumacherGerman team wanting a German driver by the looks of it.
They don't want to break the budget cap by having to do a rebuild every month.Could have got Schumacher
John Barnard at Ferrari is a prime example…This does not mean that if you parachute him into a new team, the outcomes will be the same. Different cultures can cause things to simply fail.
Fingers crossed.Beginning of the end for Red Bulls time at the front in the sport.
Be rats off a sinking ship after this.
Verstappen to follow.
Excellent news go AdrianJust been pointed out that Newey doesn't even work for Red Bull. They hire his company and that company provides un-named resources to perform specific tasks.
Surely there's no way they can enforce a no-compete especially if he decides to work in another country. And possibly even under a similar arrangement where a new company is hired by, say Ferrari, and that company provides an un-named resource to perform specific tasks.
And as an extra layer on the onion skin, if this new company happens to be incorporated in the USA, they recently banned no-compete clauses entirely iirc
Isn’t this going to be controversial. Remember Newey was not part of the cost breach from RBR because he was a contractor (yep a clever way of getting round the regulations) is they now say he can’t leave then surely he’s contracted directly to RBRJust been pointed out that Newey doesn't even work for Red Bull. They hire his company and that company provides un-named resources to perform specific tasks.
Surely there's no way they can enforce a no-compete especially if he decides to work in another country. And possibly even under a similar arrangement where a new company is hired by, say Ferrari, and that company provides an un-named resource to perform specific tasks.
And as an extra layer on the onion skin, if this new company happens to be incorporated in the USA, they recently banned no-compete clauses entirely iirc
Rules are for other teamsIsn’t this going to be controversial. Remember Newey was not part of the cost breach from RBR because he was a contractor (yep a clever way of getting round the regulations) is they now say he can’t leave then surely he’s contracted directly to RBR