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All Adrian Newey’s past exits from Formula 1 teams have been in seismic – and generally pretty unusual – circumstances
Adrian Newey’s departure from Red Bull coincides with the team being surrounded by significant off-track drama. Newey’s history of leaving teams under extraordinary circumstances has been thoroughly explored in our Bring Back V10s classic F1 stories podcast series over the past four years. In his book “How to Build a Car,” Newey reflects on times when he felt his abilities were in question, such as during his struggles at Leyton House in 1989 and 1990 after a successful 1988 season challenging McLaren. Despite efforts to improve Leyton House’s car for 1990, Newey encountered challenges with fundamental design flaws and disagreements with the team’s financial director Simon Keeble. Eventually, Williams offered Newey a role as head of research and development, which he accepted and led to his departure from Leyton House. Keeble’s decision to recruit a new technical director from Lola led to Newey being effectively dismissed from the team.
