Five ways Ferrari’s bid for Newey is already impacting F1

out of Red Bull and possibly straight to Ferrari Adrien ne's uncertain future is

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having a massive impact on F1. Ferrari is understood to be working hard to secure new services for when Red Bull's outgoing technical boss is available in early 2025, although it is not the only interested team, helped by close friend and manager Eddie Jordan Nei, to secure an exit. Reed Buel's anticipation that would allow him to join another team in the early months of next year, which is huge given that he could have been left unable to work for another team. until early 2027, it has

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been 12 months since a new set of technical regulations began, something that NE has exploited so effectively.

Nei needs to decide whether he wants to stay in F1 as part of the new challenges he says he is seeking, but it is widely understood in the F1 Paddock that he would not have tried to negotiate so hard for an early exit if he had not had some sort of next move. in mind first. He's saying goodbye to the Red Bull RB 17 hypercar project and will probably ride with his wife for a bit and then he's expected to get back to work, as expected, Ne's new free agency is already causing a frenzy of reaction. NE's status inevitably means that several teams cover his services and the first and most obvious consequence is that Ferrari is widely believed to be So far, the most attractive move is that no deal has been reached, but Nei would have met with Ferrari team boss Fred Viser in London the week before the Miami Grand Prix and well-placed sources are convinced that Ferrari will convince him by basically offering him a gold medal. and a free roll that allows him to involve us as much as he wants.

Ferrari neither confirms nor denies this and Vel's only comment is basically that he has nothing to say because I know you can write pages about the two words. I could say that perhaps Fred should be more worried about us putting up a YouTube video because, whether Ferrari comments officially or not, we understand that he is pushing for this to happen if Nei were to join Ferrari at his first availability. Ferrari will already be well advanced. with his 2026 car, but not so far that he can't use his vision and knowledge to influence the final design, he has so many times taken the team he works for in a different direction than the others, which has then become the widely copied model from 1998.

McLaren, the 2009 Red Bull and the 2022 Red Bull are excellent examples that the 2026 car and engine regulations offer a clear opportunity for a repeat. Ferrari would love to be the team to capitalize on that, making their search for new ones F1's biggest race. story before continuing with the topic of Ferrari, ne's impending exit has shocked many in the F1 department and beyond and sparked many conversations about whether this is part of the unraveling of the Red Bull Empire. McLaren racing CEO Zack Brown said he thought more dominoes would fall after Nei and claimed his team was receiving a lot of CVS from Red Bull employees, something his Red Bull counterpart Christian Hoer really wasn't. appreciated during the weekend in Miami.

It emerged that one of Redb's senior track figures, Jonathan Wheatley, is considering his future. Wheatley could leave, but as a contract. Negotiations are ongoing, he could end up staying too. There is speculation that he fills a main role in the team, which we understand that Red Bull would not stand in the way of him pursuing the big Focus elsewhere, although it is Red Bull's technical team and if the Nei combination leaves . Nei first helped build Red Bull into a dominant force from 2010 to 2013 as technical director and then made a further contribution to its current era of success as global technical director, but there has been a strong, if often implicit, indication, that Rebel himself is not worried about Ne's departure because his influence had been diluted over time and some in the team even believed that Nei had no real involvement in the 2024 car.

The change in Nei's role. It moved him from day-to-day technical leadership to a super-consultant type role that informs and leads specific parts of the car's design and development, as senior figures we've spoken to have made Red Bull's position clear: the technical team It's Rock. Solid nobody wants to leave technical director Pi Vash is locked in for several years with a new contract and aerodynamics boss Enrio Balbo is also committed. There is also another element which is that unofficially there is relief that Nei is leaving because he puts the focus on the official technical aspect. For the organization to ignore ne's departure because there are no major losses is a brave position for Red Bull given its track record, but at least it is consistent because even one of the CEOs of Red Bull's parent company, Oliver Minav, He reinforced it in a rare interview.

He said Nei's departure is a shame, but that tomorrow we'll still know how to build a fast Formula 1 car and pointed to Red Bull's past track record in handling regulation changes as proof that slab of mint hasn't been in F1 for so long, so what could I do? What I don't know is that the only time Red Bull dropped the ball with a new set of rules in 2017, the rookie wasn't that involved in the car and needed to step in to fix things, so back to Ferrari, the paddocks of F1 got carried away by emotion. With the prospect of a new super team and even senior figures at Red Bull telling us privately that if it stays on top of Ferrari's infamous policy, that project looks like a serious threat, the new thing would be a great addition to a team. which has gained great momentum.

Over the past 12 months, Ver has enjoyed the extensive backing of Ferrari president John Elen since he was appointed Ferrari team boss ahead of the 2020 pre-season, succeeding Matia Bono. Ferrari has already lured LS Hamilton from Mercedes in a blockbuster driver raid and got Charir to commit to a new A tantalizing long-term development would be a major technical coup on top of other moves such as hiring Mercedes performance director Lo Sarah, which has never been made official, but is something that is alluded to a lot in Miami. In the last race it was telling that Hamilton and they did not even try to hide their delight at the prospect of a rookie moving to Ferrari.

In such scenarios, the common response is to not say anything that might lead to speculation, but Hamilton put Newi at the top of the list of people who would. I would like to work with him and said it would be a privilege, while adding Nei would be amazing. Ferrari's push off the track combined with clear performance improvements have allayed any concerns that V's Ferrari would be undermined by behind-the-scenes nonsense that never seems far away. At Marinello he has been credited with making good improvements on a day-to-day basis while contributing to the bigger picture. Strategic decisions that Elen provides the firepower to execute result in the prospect of Hamilton and Lur teaming up for the long term and driving a new era. influenced the Ferrari 2026, what would have seemed completely extravagant not long ago now looks like a serious proposition, while Ferrari is the big favorite to land Nei.

If anyone makes another more left-wing part of Fallout, it's the prospect of a reunion with Williams. Williams team leader. James Val says he has had a tentative initial conversation with the newbie and, while this doesn't seem to amount to a full-scale proposal or negotiation, the idea has at least been planted on paper. Choosing between Ferrari and Williams would seem as obvious to you as it would be. any senior driver or team figure, one looks like Red Bull's closest rival, is still winning races, has immense facilities and the potential to offer some exciting automotive opportunities, the other is a team behind the grid that V himself has said to be 20 years behind its rivals.

In some key areas, the value of knowing the Williams facilities and their working practices could be immeasurable in terms of getting Dton Investments over the line at Williams, identifying the best areas to spend that money, getting people to accept new practices and changing the shape. Williams addresses the concept and development of the car, if anything. Williams would have much more to gain from Newi in these areas than a team like Ferrari. There, one element of a Williams reunion is to appeal to the challenge that his move to Red Bull showed Nei can be in the first place. motivated by such tasks and although he is now about 20 years older, if revitalized with free time, NE may come to light the prospect of helping revive the team with which he won his first races and titles, that is an emotional angle which rivals the romantic notion of joining Ferrari.

No doubt the case would also be stronger if Williams could finally offer Newi some team equity to sweeten the deal nearly 30 years after failing to do so - it's what drove him away in the first place - but perhaps the strongest argument is one of the votes expressed. preaching the value of the team's family DNA, the focus on racing and the absence of politics that have clearly played a role in ne's waning enthusiasm at Red Bull vs made it clear that he believes Williams is the kind of place where Nei might enjoy working again, that's important.

Since Nei says he's lucky to be able to choose to work because he likes it, not because he needs to, but it's still a long shot, especially since it's believed the rookie isn't interested in returning to anywhere he's worked before. . year V Stappen said he would consider his own future if Marco Red Bull's motorsport advisor, Ally's close hull, left amid tensions between the team's leaders and stressed it was important that all the team's key pillars were maintained when Red Bull's departure was confirmed. Max's father Yos used it as an opportunity to revive his own concerns about the future of Red Bull under Herner's leadership and thus new seeds of doubt about Max's future, but asked in Miami if the situation of Ne impacts his.

Max said not at the moment. Stappen admitted that he would have preferred to listen. rookie will stay and that there will never be another Adrian, but he also said that it is not the dramatic development that appears from the outside that aligns with our understanding that vapen is in the Red Bull Vaset camp and believes in the broader technical organization , not only in Nee, gold dust and Red Bull is absolutely convinced that Vapin had no intention of leaving, so why are Yos still causing problems? Well, there is a complicated story that unfolds. Ven has been publicly CED by Mercedes boss Toto Wolf, who has agreed with Ven's father, the operating system.

By making his own comments against Horna and warning that Red Bull is at risk of falling apart, but Red Bull's backing of Horner, who is going nowhere and not even contemplating leaving, it is widely understood in F1 that Yos he wants his son to seriously consider leaving Red Bull to move. Max hasn't emphatically ruled out such a move, but he also doesn't share his father's apparent enthusiasm for the idea, at least not by 2025, so a split is potentially emerging as Yos pushes for one thing and Max remains relaxed in the short term. term. Ultimately, Yos doesn't want to and can't force his son to move, so it all comes down to what young Aaen wants in the short term, which is expected to be Red Bull, including for 2025, but it's 2026 and the new rules include that Red Bull has to build. his own engine for the first time to which attention is drawn in this narrative, we understand that Marco is willing to leave Red Bull to activate a clause that allows Stappen to escape his contract early if that is what Max decides he wants , the decision of the world champions will be determined. for performance, not for external interference or money, because at the moment Sten has a simple competitive motivation, they are satisfied with Red Bull and he may not be too worried about New leaving, but that does not exist in isolation, it is part of a broader discussion around Red Bull vaping. you are not satisfied and there could easily be other moments of turmoil on the horizon