Star designer will work on "new projects" and only be "advising and mentoring" F1 team as part of extended agreement; Ferrari had made big-money move to try and lure designer to Maranello
Sunday 8 June 2014 23:38, UK
Red Bull have succeeded in retaining the services of Adrian Newey after the star designer committed to a new "multi-year agreement", however, in what appears to be a significant shift in his role, he will work on "new Red Bull Technology projects" and only be "advising and mentoring" the F1 team.
Whilst Newey may be taking more of a background role in the future, Team Principal Christian Horner says it will not affect performance. "First of all we have tremendous strength in depth in the team," Horner told Sky Sports F1. "Also Adrian is still going to be involved and mentoring and advising and drawing and contributing to the team. So it is great for the guys, great for Red Bull and great for Adrian as well." Horner also revealed how long "multi-year" actually is. "It'll start from the beginning of next year. It's great news for us that Adrian's committed his future to Red Bull for the next three years, taking on other activities and projects as well which will be announced a little later in the year," he added.
With Adrian Newey being less involved in F1 next year, albeit still with Red Bull, and Ross Brawn happy fishing, it's the end of an F1 era
- Martin Brundle (@MBrundleF1) June 8, 2014
