Zak Brown taunts Red Bull over Adrian Newey: “I bet it would be nice to have him around…”

"Adrian Newey, I bet it would be nice to have him 💯around the conference room table right now looking at how to improve the car..."

Zak Brown
Zak Brown

McLaren CEO Zak Brown believes Red Bull’s recent high-profile F1 departur♎es has “destabilised” the team, suggesting they’re missing the influence of Adrian Newey from a technical perspective.

McLaren ღsit just eight points behind Red Bull in the F1 constructors’ championship following the Italian Grand Prix.

Red Bull suffered their worst result in pure performance terms since Singapore last year, where they finished fifth with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.

Red Bull have lost a number of key personnel, with Rob Marshall joining McLaren l🦋ast year꧙.

Newey’s departure was announced ahead of 🐲the Miaಌmi Grand Prix earlier in the year, while Jonathan Wheatley will leave the team at the end of 2024 to become team principal at Audi.

Brown hasn’t been afraid to poke fꦑun in the past, hinting that there have been a lot of “CVs floating around” with key Red Bull staff looking to leave.

Speaking after🦂 the race at Monza to Sky Sports, Brown gave his ꦬview on Red Bull.

“Ultimately I doওn’t know what’s going on in there,” he said. “Adrian Newey, I bet it would be nice to have him around the conference room table right now looking at how to improve the car and Jonathan Wheatley is still there but he’s moving on. 💦Rob Marshall has joined us.

“You’ve got three 🎃of the most senior people that were in Red Bull - three hu𒊎ge contributors. It can’t not be a loss.

“We all have bad pit stops but it does seem to be that things are a bit more destabilis♔ed than they have been recently.”

Brown also once again categorically ruled🗹 out a move for Newey.

“He always ret🎶urns my calls,” Brown added. “We’re go🌃od friends but as I said I am very happy with the race team that I have.” 

Newey is expected to join Aston Martin,൩ with Sky's David Croft suggesting on Saturday that his future could be announced next week.

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