Ford have r💮🎃eassured Red Bull that their 2026 partnership is “unchanged” by Adrian Newey’s exit.

Chief tecཧhnical officer Newey shocked the F1 world by confirming that he will leave the sport’s top team at the start of next year.

It means Red Bull will ente𒐪r 2026 - when the new ෴regulations come into effect - without their genius car designer, as they welcome Ford as a new technical partner.

Ford Performance Motorsports di🍰rector Mark Rushbrook told : "Our focus though fully remains on the power unit programme for 2026.

“That's unchanged afte꧋r this news and that is still going ahead full throttle."

Newey was contracted to Red Bull until the end of 2025 meaning h💖is presence when the Ford link-up begins was never assured.

"♋Continuity was in the ver🎶y first discussions that I had with Christian Horner," Rushbrook insisted.

"So, my question to him was: 'How is Red Bull going to continue to be successful in 2026 with all-ne🐲w regulations?'

"Like any good company or any good rac⛦ing team, you always have a succession plan, and you are always training and developing people within the organisation.

"That is no different in this case. I am not b🐻eing disrespectful to Ad🐠rian at all because he is fantastic, but every team has a succession plan."

Newey waཧs a central part of the Red Bull project which delivered four F1 drivers’ titles in a row for Sebastian Vettel, and is now set to do the same for Max Verstappen.

The new regulations in 2026 could s𝔍hake up the sport, even more so depending on where Nꩵewey’s brainpower takes him.

Another colossal change for Red B♑ull is their&🔯nbsp;Red Bull Powertrains programme which will partner with Ford to create new hybrid power units.