Adrian Newey 'would LOVE' Hamilton F1 partnership

Lewis Hamilton smiles in Ferrari uniform as Adrian Newey looks on — Photo: © IMAGO

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EXCLUSIVE: Newey 'would LOVE' Hamilton F1 partnership

The Red Bull designer has been linked with Ferrari switch

By Dan Ripley.

Thursday 15 August 2024 22:00

An F1 designer has revealed that Adrian Newey 'would love' to work with Lewis Hamilton as rumours swirl regarding his future.

Newey has been linked with just about every team on the grid since announcing his departure from Red Bull, with Ferrari and Aston Martin the front-runners in the race to secure his signature.

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Having helped turn Williams, McLaren and Red Bull into huge front running teams during his career that has stretched well over three decades, Newey has developed many world championship winning cars.

The likes of Max Verstappen, Sebastian Vettel, Mika Hakkinen, Jacques Villeneuve, Damon Hill, Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell have all won world titles under Newey going back to 1992.

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Newey has shown interest in working with both in the past, but now former McLaren mechanic Marc Priestley - who has worked with Hamilton, Newey and Alonso - has declared that Newey would love to team up with the seven-time world champion in what could be a lethal F1 partnership from 2025 onwards.

"They know each other well," Priestley exclusively told GPFans on behalf of OLBG.

"I think Lewis has total respect for anybody who is willing to put the kind of effort and detail in that Adrian will and Lewis is very similar.

"Lewis is one of the hardest working and detail orientated drivers that I've ever worked with. I think they're a match made in heaven, quite frankly, I think you know, Lewis would love to drive an Adrian Newey car, and I'm pretty sure he said this already, Adrian would love to design a car and work with Lewis so look, it's a dream.

"If it happens, it will be a coming together of two of the greatest powers in this sport. So what's not to love about that?"

Marc Priestley worked with Adrian Newey and Lewis Hamilton

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However, recent reports have dampened the dreams of Hamilton and Newey teaming up, with Aston Martin emerging as front runners to land the designer who is expected to spend time away from F1 once he leaves Red Bull.

Newey's chances of joining Ferrari may also be dampened by his reluctance to move to Italy, having turned down multiple chances to work with the Scuderia during his career according to Priestley.

"I think in days gone by I mean, Adrian, if you believe the rumours, has had multiple contract offers from Ferrari and always turned them down," he added.

"He's always sort of... partly because he didn't want to move his family to Italy but partly because there's been a very politicised environment there which he didn't really fancy being part of."

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