F1 design genius Adrian Newey has re♛vealed his decision to leave Red Bull last year stemmed from being “honest with myself”.

Newey made the shock decision to ♈bওow out of Red Bull last year.

The 66-year-old had be💜en part of🥂 Red Bull since 2006 as their chief technical officer.

Newey was instrumental in Red Bull’s dominance between 2010 and 2013 with168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Sebastian Vettel and then more recently with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.

While the exact reasons behind Newey’s departure are unclear, the off-track turmoiಌ♒l surrounding Red Bull likely played a role.

Christian Horner was under inveꦇstigation in early 2024 f🃏or alleged inappropriate behaviour.

This led to intense speculation about Verstappen’s future, which linked h🌳im with a move to Mಌercedes.

, Newey discussed his decision to leave Red Bull but not retire from F1.

“Well I think that goes back slightl🐠y. If you said to me 12 months ago thꦯat I would be leaving Red Bull and then now ultimately starting again, I’d have said no, you’re crazy,” Newey said.

“Butꩵ for various reasons I felt I wouldn’t be true to myself if I stayed at Red Bull. The first difficult decision was exactlythat - do I stay or not at Red Bull? We came to the conclusion and being honest with myself I couldཧn’t.

“Having made that decision it was then what to do next? With my wife Mandy, we discussed various thin൲gs. I am in the lucky position wh♑ere I don’t need to work financially.

“It could have been to si💟mply retire and sit on the beach or it could be to do something completely different - America’s Cup or maybe work for one of the OEMs in road cars or stay in racܫing.

“If I was going to stay in racing then I might as wꦕell stay in F༺1, assuming people wanted me.”

Newey’s big task at Aston Martin

Newey officially 𝕴starts work at Aston Martin on March 3 in his new role as managing technical partner.

He will play a sig๊nificant role in helping design Aston Martin’s 2026 F1 car, which is when the new rules are introduced.

Ast⛄on Martin will be hoping that Newey is the missing piece as they start to challenge for regular race victories and world championships.

Ahead of t💃he 2025 campaign, Aston Martin have already announced a number of changes to their manage💃ment team, with Andy Cowell appointed as team principal.

Mike 𝔍Krack has been moved to a tracksiܫde role.