Loss of top designer leaves Christian Horner badly exposed and could shake up the sport’s status quo
“I always try to draw with passion. In other words, I have to believe what I’m drawing will be the next step forward,” Adrian Newey wrote in his 2017 book, How to Build a Car. With the announcement thatnext year it appears he is now looking for that new challenge, a development which could have potentially far-reaching consequences across Formula One.
Having been formed from a flailing Jaguar squad in 2005, to have returned their first title with Sebastian Vettel in 2010 and then go on to even greater success, not least with Max Verstappen’s Quietly spoken, considered and thoughtful, he has demonstrated a genius touch for interpreting and exploiting the labyrinthine arcana of F1 regulations and creating what have often proved to be untouchably quick cars. His talents are even more sought-after now than they were in 2006 and if, as is considered likely, he opts to join Lewis Hamilton in an attempt to turn around Ferrari’s fortunes in 2025, the Scuderia will have something like the F1 dream team.
For Horner the question now is whether this proves to be a breaking point. Already embroiled in a power struggle with Red Bull’s parent company Red Bull GmbH, he currently enjoys the backing of the company’s majority shareholder, Chalerm Yoovidhya, but losing Newey further weakens his position, especially with major regulation changes set for 2026.Newey may only be the first domino to topple.
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