I would like to announce today my decision to retire from racing in Formula 1 at the end of this season. I will remain actively involved in the sport as a consultant to Red Bull Racing, focusingꦜ on testing and development of the ca🌌rs. I have an open mind as to whether or not I will compete again in the future, in some other form of motorsport, so I am definitely not hanging up my helmet!

My decision to retire was taken earlier in the year, and is based on a desire to stop while I am still competitive and enjoying the immense 🐲challenge that grand priꦆx driving represents. I also have the desire to look for new challenges within the sport.

The decision to make this announcement at the British Grand Prix sho✤uld be an obvious one for all to understand, as I have achieved two of my 13 F1 victories at Silverstone and I am a member of the British Racing Drivers' Club, which hosts this event.

I am proud of my work at Red Bull Rac🦩ing, and will continue to race with the same focus until the last lap in Brazil. Thereafter I will continue to help the team develop and move towards their ultimate goal of winning races.

There are many people who haveꦯ played a part in my care✃er, and I would like to list a few of them below:

- My parents, whose energy and encouragement througꦛh my entire career𒅌 has been amazing

- Dave Boyce, who guided me through karting

- David Leslie Senior🎃 and Junior, for teaching me h𓃲ow to set up and race a car

- Sir Jackie and Paul Stewart, for putting me through their 's🏅taircase of talentꦉ'

- Sir Frank Williams and Williams-Renault, for having the faith to promote me from test driver to race driver, which led to my𝓰 first grand prix vไictory

- Ron Dennis and the🍒 McLaren team, where I spent nine seasons and achieved the majority of my success

- Norbert Haug and Mercedes, for being raceꦰrs through-and-through

- Dietrich Mateschitz a﷽nd his Red Bull Racing team, for providing me with the chance to contribute to the development of a new team, while continuing to ꧒compete and add to my tally of podiums

- Christꦬian Horner, for his open and professional management style in association with Helmut Marko

- Bernie Ecclestone, for providing such a strong platform for us all to develop our skills and be able to call ourselves professionals. In years to come, my future family will🌳 still be thanking him for the financial success of F1

- My management team of Martin Brundle and David Cawthorne, 💞in as🔜sociation with Annette Hutchinson and Iain Cunningham, for providing their valued opinions

- There have been thr𝔍ee teams but only one designer, so Adrian Newey deserves special thanks for all the champagne that I have sprayed

- And last but not least, all the media, officials, marshals, medical support, mechanics, engineers, sponsors, lawꦰyers, accountants and back room staff that I have worked with during this period

DC
Silverstone, 2008