Adrian Newey reportedly set to LEAVE Red Bull

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Craig Slater reacts to reports that Adrian Newey has told Red Bull he wants to leave the team.

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well I can tell you that I do believe there is something in this I’ve been ringing around senior figures within Formula 1 people who I know are close to Adrian yui to see if they can stand up the claims first made in the German media that he is set to leave the team that he has given them notice of his intention to leave certainly multiple senior figures I’ve spoken to have expressed to me that yes there is discontentment with Adrien yui and that he is certainly considering bringing his time at Red Bull to an end but what I can also say is that I have been in in in touch via official Channels with the red bull Team themselves and they have explained to me that they are unaware of any official communication from Adrien yui notifying of his intention to to serve notice and to to leave Red Bull Racing with whom he has had a a an association uh for pretty much almost the last 20 years um and what I can also say about his contractual situation is that he has contracted at Red Bull Racing until the end of 2025 and as I understand it would have to serve another year of gardening leave where Red Bull to holds him to the full extent of his contract which would mean he would not be able to work work for another Formula 1 team until 2027 Red Bull are also unaware as I understand it of of any formal approach from another Formula 1 team to Adrian yui and and the the one or two individuals I’ve spoken to close to Nei have expressed to me that if he is seriously considering leaving he has not made up his mind what future Direction his career should take he has expressed a desire to work with the likes of of Fernando Alonzo and we know certainly that Aston Martin would be very interested in signing him he’s also spoking spoken about his regret that he has never worked with Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari for for two decades have been pursuing Adrien Nei and with Lewis Hamilton going there uh certainly Lewis Hamilton fans were very keen on the idea that perhaps Nei would follow him there that together uh they would be able to to to bring championships back to Ferrari and Lewis would get that eighth World Championship but to be quite clear at the moment Red Bull uh the official channels there and and it is awkward to try and get a statement from them because Christian hoer has been on an aircraft today he’s been flying back from the the Formula 1 commission meeting in Geneva so he is just Landing now and I will try and get some kind of of comment from him if I can they are saying that there there has been no formal communication as yet from Adrian neui notifying the team that he intends to leave now I have been reporting for the last few months that the relationship the key relationship at Red Bull between Nei and Christian Herer has cooled there has been more of a distance between them over these last months than there has been previously and that has had to do with some of the friction going on behind the scenes at Red Bull that proed power struggle there and and also with the the fact that that that Nei on occasion given certain comments that have been made has had his his role within the team and his influence on designing these Championship winning cars perhaps rather undervalued uh with with some of the comments that have come out from Red Bull uh so we’ll have to watch this space but yes multiple senior figures from within Formula One telling me that that Adrian yui is seriously considering leaving Red Bull Racing but but let’s see how this develops yeah I I want to see how it develops for sure and and we’re not in the business of speculation but and I want to get this clear is this to do with the Christian Horna Scandal do you feel that this resignation might be as a result of what’s happened I think perhaps more to do with the the the power struggle which has been the background to the the Christian horer situation we have to call it remember the accusations against him by a female member of staff were dismissed by Red Bull’s independent investigation the appeal is is currently ongoing at the moment but the background to that has been something of a power struggle which emerged after Dietrich maitz died he was the billionaire 49% owner of Red Bull and very much the Hands-On figure head dictating Formula 1 policy and when he was no longer there there was this friction which grew between Red Bull Racing and its headquarters in Milton Kings which Christian herner has headed and has built up over the last two decades and the head office in Saltsburg which Oliver Minch is the the chief executive and essentially that is the individual to whom Christian Herer reports so there has been friction there it has been destabilizing we heard Jos F stappen Max fen’s father talking about how Christian Horn’s continued presence was pulling the team apart potentially I don’t think that was a the kind of environment which which Christian horer particularly relished working within so it will have it will have been a factor I think in in making him question to what extent his his future lies with the the team the other factor is that he is 65 years of age now uh for many years he has perhaps thought about the potential of working for Ferrari a little bit like Lewis Hamilton on the driving side if it’s not now then when so perhaps he is thinking now is the time to make one final move if he is to make it or it will be too late he is very much involved in the RB 17 hyper car project which Red Bull are undertaking and Red Bull and Christian hor have come up with a number of sidebar projects to almost indulge Adrien neui to to keep him happy to give him something to do alongside his formula one work but maybe he is asking himself the question given the turbulence at Red Bull given the fact that there is maybe one last opportunity to go and work somewhere else perhaps now is the time that’s what multiple people are are explaining to me that that Adrien yui is potentially serious about leaving but as I say to you having spoken to to senior individuals within Red Bull Racing this evening they are saying they have received no formal notification that he intends to leave and have advised me of his contractual situation which is as I say that he has contracted until the end of next year with an additional year of gardening leave to serve so it would not be easy for him to jump ship and and make an impact in another team in the short term