Senior Red Bull Racing figure leaves F1 team weeks before new season Sport Business The period of personnel upheaval continued at the Red Bull Formula 1 team on Tuesday with the departure of chief designer Craig Skinner. Skinner had been with the outfit for 20 years and his departure follows in the footsteps of the likes of design guru Adrian Newey and former Team Principal Christian Horner in leaving the [...]
Verstappen future in doubt as Red Bull rocked by third key departure in a year Sport Business Red Bull Racing have been rocked by the departure of Helmut Marko, the man credited with turning them into Formula 1’s most dominant team, after 26 years with the organisation. Marko is the third pivotal figure in the team’s F1 success to leave in the last year, following design guru Adrian Newey and team principal [...]
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon part of new F1 documentary Sport Business Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are part of the team producing a new Formula 1 documentary. The flick, under the working title “Turbulence: The Greatest Mind in Formula One”, will focus on Aston Martin’s Adrian Newey. The design guru moved to the Lawrence Stroll-owned Formula 1 team after decades with Red Bull alongside former team [...]
Lando Norris sells side hustle to Adrian Newey-backed group July 11, 2025 McLaren F1 star Lando Norris has sold a majority stake in Quadrant, the entertainment and gaming brand he founded, to a company backed by Adrian Newey. London-based Veloce Media Group has agreed a deal which will see Norris remain the second-largest shareholder in Quadrant with a stake of more than 20 per cent. Quadrant was [...]
Red Bull sack Christian Horner in major Formula 1 shock July 9, 2025 Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has been sacked by the reigning Formula 1 championship winning team after 20 years in the role. Horner has held his post since the team’s formation in 2005, and oversaw dominant periods for drivers Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel in a tenure that saw six Constructors‘ and eight Drivers’ [...]
Aston Martin dealt blow after Ferrari F1 team wins key court battle March 4, 2025 Aston Martin and design guru Adrian Newey have been dealt a blow after rivals Ferrari won a case to keep a key employee on gardening leave for half of the new Formula 1 season. Former Ferrari technical director Enrico Cardile left the Italian team to become the chief technical officer at Aston Martin last year, [...]
Rosberg warns Aston Martin F1 team not to become PSG October 10, 2024 Former F1 champion Nico Rosberg has warned Aston Martin not to turn into Paris Saint-Germain in their pursuit of racing success. The German likened the hiring of design guru Adrian Newey, reportedly for £30m per season, and others to the Parisian Ligue 1 club having Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe on their books at [...]
Aston Martin door open for Max Verstappen move September 12, 2024 The door is open for Max Verstappen to join Aston Martin, according to team principal Mike Krack, after the Formula 1 team signed Adrian Newey from Red Bull. The design guru turned down opportunities at Mercedes, Ferrari and McLaren to join Lawrence Stroll, Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso at their Silverstone base. But the Formula [...]
Adrian Newey, £30m deal at Aston Martin F1 and why he’s worth it September 9, 2024 With Aston Martin set to announce Adrian Newey’s arrival at the Formula 1 outfit, City A.M. asked paddock insiders whether he was worth his reported £30m package. When you think of glitz, glamour and extortionate amounts of cash in sport Formula 1 is never too far away. The travelling circus is a commercial juggernaut worth [...]
Red Bull F1 guru Adrian Newey reveals plans for future, and says he’s been shut out May 16, 2024 Red Bull’s departing design guru Adrian Newey has revealed his plans for the future after admitting that he has been shut out of engineering meetings at the F1 team since his decision to leave the reigning champions. Newey, credited as being one of the most influential designers motor sport has ever seen, announced he’d be [...]