Kravitz astounded by Newey VICTORY in Red Bull negotiations
Kravitz astounded by Newey VICTORY in Red Bull negotiations
Sky Sports F1 pundit Ted Kravitz has been left stunned by the negotiation skills of Red Bull's outgoing technical director Adrian Newey.
Newey is set to leave the team following 18 years of association, and a total of 13 world championship titles.
READ MORE: Hamilton insists Cullen 'belongs in the sport'
Throughout his phenomenal Formula 1 career that has also incorporated championship-winning spells at both McLaren and Williams, the legendary designer has claimed 25 world championships, with two more set to come this season thanks to Max Verstappen and Red Bull's current dominance.
Newey's most recently-designed masterpiece, the RB20, is continuing on the record-breaking prowess of last season's RB19, a car that team principal Christian Horner described as the 'most successful car in F1 history.'
Newey leaving sooner than expected
In this sense, Newey's departure is set to have a big impact on the Milton Keynes-based outfit, and a big whole will be left at the centre of their technical team, with time running out until new regulations sweep into F1 in 2026.
The 65-year-old did have a contract that was due to see him stay with Red Bull until the end of the 2025 season, and a period of non-competing gardening leave was supposedly one of the clauses in his contract, to stop the genius designer from working for a rival until the start of 2027.
However, Red Bull confirmed that Newey would leave the team in the first quarter of 2025, and it's understood that he now does not have a period of gardening leave to undertake.
Speaking on his 'Notebook' show during the Miami Grand Prix weekend, Kravitz revealed his surprise at Newey and his manager (former F1 team boss Eddie Jordan)'s shrewd negotiating skills.
“Adrian Newey is leaving, and that is, despite what you may hear about ‘oh well he’s been threatening to leave for ages, he’s been thinking of going for ages' it’s still a hit," Kravitz admitted.
“So just think about it. You’re working in this team and your technical talisman is going, two words you hear ‘Adrian going' and how do you feel about that? You feel ‘wow, Adrian is going.'
“Now, that he’s going or might take a year out or sail the world or go camping around Europe with his delightful wife Amanda is neither here nor there, but what’s the strange thing about it is that he had a contract until the end of 2025 and then he had a year’s non-compete clause, a gardening clause if you want, until the end of 2026 so, if he was just retiring, and going on holidays and going on walk about and going sailing, then he wouldn’t have minded what his gardening period said, it makes no difference to him.
READ MORE: Top pundit 'certain' Verstappen looking for Red Bull exit
“But clearly he wanted to negotiate that down with the help of Eddie Jordan, who’s now his manager, Adrian Newey’s friend and manager that’s what Adrian calls EJ, and he’s negotiated and how Christian Horner and Helmut Marko and whoever’s in charge of these things at Red Bull allowed Adrian Newey to successfully negotiate an early release from his gardening leave clause, I don’t know, but he did.
"Well done EJ, still got the negotiating skills, and now Adrian can work for somebody else, another Formula 1 team or anyone else that he wants to pretty much from the day that he leaves Red Bull in April 2025.
“Well done Adrian, so yeah we’ll see what happens… But everything stays the same, okay, according to Christian Horner, everything stays the same. Yes, our genius talisman/technical director is leaving, but everything stays the same, right? Everything stays the same. Nothing’s changing, it’s all business as usual.”
READ MORE: Red Bull chief 'considering F1 future'
Related
Change your timezone:
Latest News
F1 team makes BIG decision amid rumours star driver could be replaced
- 20 minutes ago
F1 News Today: Newey move to F1 team hinted as DONE as Sainz 'LOCKED IN' with new outfit
- 35 minutes ago
Controversial former team principal linked with SENSATIONAL F1 return
- 1 hour ago
Mercedes make KEY Antonelli decision after testing sessions
- 2 hours ago
Leclerc SHOCKS fans after finally breaking Monaco curse
- 3 hours ago
Hamilton comments raise concern over Mercedes motivation
- Today 09:57
F1 Race Calendar 2024
-
GP BAHRAIN
29 Feb - 2 Mar
Max Verstappen
-
GP SAUDI ARABIA
7 - 9 Mar
Max Verstappen
-
GP AUSTRALIA
22 - 24 Mar
Carlos Sainz
-
GP JAPAN
5 - 7 Apr
Max Verstappen
-
GP CHINA
19 - 21 Apr
Max Verstappen
-
GP USA
3 - 5 May
Lando Norris
-
GP ITALY
17 - 19 May
Max Verstappen
-
GP MONACO
24 - 26 May
Charles Leclerc
- GP CANADA 7 - 9 Jun
- GP SPAIN 21 - 23 Jun
- GP AUSTRIA 28 - 30 Jun
- GP GREAT BRITAIN 5 - 7 Jul
- GP HUNGARY 19 - 21 Jul
- GP BELGIUM 26 - 28 Jul
Related news
Former F1 star hints Newey Ferrari move already completed
EXCLUSIVE: Former team-mate claims Newey turned down offers from rival F1 team
F1 'f***ing silent assassin' furore as true identity REVEALED and Horner FUMES
Manager gives MAJOR update on Newey future
F1 Standings
Drivers
- Oliver Bearman
- Charles Leclerc
- Carlos Sainz
- Lando Norris
- Oscar Piastri
- Pierre Gasly
- Esteban Ocon
- Sergio Pérez
- Max Verstappen
- Alexander Albon
- Logan Sargeant
- Lewis Hamilton
- George Russell
- Nico Hülkenberg
- Kevin Magnussen
- Fernando Alonso
- Lance Stroll
- Valtteri Bottas
- Zhou Guanyu
- Daniel Ricciardo
- Yuki Tsunoda
Races
- Gulf Air Grand Prix of Bahrain 2024
- Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024
- Grand Prix of Australia 2024
- MSC Cruises Grand Prix of Japan 2024
- Grand Prix of China 2024
- Miami Grand Prix 2024
- Gran Premio dell'Emilia Romagna 2024
- Grand Prix of Monaco 2024
- AWS Grand Prix du Canada 2024
- Gran Premio de España 2024
- Grand Prix of Austria 2024
- Grand Prix of Great Britain 2024
- Grand Prix of Hungary 2024
- Grand Prix of Belgium 2024
- Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2024
- Grand Prix of Italy 2024
- Grand Prix of Azerbaijan 2024
- Grand Prix of Singapore 2024
- Grand Prix of the United States 2024
- Gran Premio de la Ciudad de Mexico 2024
- Grande Prêmio de São Paulo 2024
- Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024
- Qatar Grand Prix 2024
- Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi 2024
About GPFans
GPFans is a multi-platform, multi-language brand dedicated to Formula One coverage. We bring you all the ins and outs of the sport, 24/7, everything from up-to-the-minute news and features to the latest viral stories and clips.We believe that a new generation of exciting, outspoken drivers will make F1 more popular than ever before, and we want to give our users access to as much of their heroes as possible, on and off the track. From Lewis Hamilton to Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo to Sebastian Vettel, we provide in-depth analysis of every every Grand Prix in the season, from Australia to Abu Dhabi.
With Formula One under the new ownership of Liberty Media, how the sport is being covered is evolving, and GPFans will look to be at the heart of this progression into new media, as one of the fastest-growing sites covering the king of motorsports.
Follow us on your favorite social media channel
Corporate & Media
Innovatieweg 20C7007 CD, Doetinchem, Netherlands
+31645516860