Adrian Newey today he celebrates 63 years. After seven years, the technical director of Red Bull saw his car win the drivers’ title again at the end of a troubled season marked in August by a bicycle accident in Croatia while on vacation in which Newey even risked his life as he did. reiterated today his wife Amanda on Instagram. The tug-of-war with the Mercedes was brutal both on and off the track, with Red Bull forced to stiffen the rear wings after a few races due to a crackdown imposed by the FIA as regards the tests they were subjected to. the rear aerodynamic appendages of the cars starting from the eve of the French Grand Prix. A low blow that has displaced and forced to redo the wings not only for Red Bull, but also for many other teams including Ferrari and Alfa Romeo.
In the end of the season, then, the theme of the rear wings returned to the headlines, especially in Brazil and Qatar. At Interlagos Adrian Newey made several visits to the Federation offices to report suspicious behavior of the Mercedes rear wing in his opinion. In Losail, then, the FIA conducted ‘experimental’ tests in view of 2022 to avoid further controversy about the flexibility of the ailerons. In Abu Dhabi, in the excited post-race, Adrian Newey escorted Christian Horner to the commissioners following the Mercedes complaints, testifying how emotionally Newey was also involved in this fight against the Brackley team.
The German house, in fact, through Niki Lauda had tried in every way to snatch Newey from Red Bull at the time of the domination of the Milton Keynes team from 2010 to 2014. Both in 2012 and 2014 the three-time world champion at the time in the role of Mercedes executive had tried to start a negotiation with Newey , which then earned a good eight million euros, which has risen to the current 10.2 million dollars (8 million and 800 thousand euros). In 2014 it was Marko who complained against Toto Wolff, guilty according to the head of the Red Bull youth program of offering double salaries to the key men of the Anglo-Austrian team to switch to Mercedes. A dynamic that has recently reversed, given that to start the engine division, Red Bull Powertrains, Horner and Marko literally ‘shopped’ at Mercedes by signing Ben Hodgkinson, a former Mercedes engineer who he will still be employed by 5 other engineers who will follow him in the new adventure in Milton Keynes.
Adrian Newey after an unfortunate first impact with the 2022 regulation declared that he ultimately found interesting the change of pace that will take place next season with the return of the ground effect. One of the areas in which designers will be able to make a difference, positively or negatively, is the diffuser, an element through which Newey gave Red Bull wings available from 2010 to 2013 to Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. Helmut Marko said Red Bull 2022 will be attractive. Max Verstappen, and more, will simply be interested that he is fast. Newey’s signature on the project, however, is more than a guarantee. It is no coincidence that Lauda and Mercedes have tried in every way to snatch him from the competition.
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