The RB20 is fast, no doubt, and so was the RB19. The two cars that have dominated the sport unlike ever before are the brainchild of master engineer Adrian Newey, the current CTO of Red Bull. Newey has been caught up in the crossfire of the Christian Horner controversy and his position on the team might get compromised. Although he is a master of his craft, there have been rumors that Horner is planning on sending him to the RB17 Hypercar project.

As these rumors popped up, so did the offers from the two biggest rival teams, Mercedes and Ferrari. While this controversy also could lead to the departure of Max Verstappen, there is a common belief that Newey would follow the world out of the Red Bull exit door. With Ferrari already trying to lure the mastermind with a blank cheque, a recent interview with Newey hints that the Scuderia might be the team he picks.

Ferrari chairman John Elkann is on the move to build a super team to overthrow Red Bull’s dominance. The team that has not won a single championship since 2008 wants the title back and Adrian Newey is a part of the plan. In John Elkann’s vision for the 2025 Ferrari, he sees Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc driving cars made by Adrian Newey. This gives the team a chance to beat Red Bull as no one knows the RB20 as well as Newey. Piergiuseppe Donadoni, the co-founder of Formu1a Uno, responded to Scuderia Ferrari FRA’s tweet reporting discussions are in advanced stages between Newey and Ferrari. He commented, “The offer from Ferrari reached him. And substantial too. But it remains to be seen what he will choose, because he has no shortage of other offers.” (Translated via Google)

l’offerta dalla Ferrari gli è arrivata. E anche sostanziosa. Ma c’è da vedere cosa sceglierà, perchè non gli mancano altre offerte.

In an interview from September 2023 with Sports Illustrated, Newey opened up about his interaction with Ferrari over the years. The Red Bull CTO joined the team back in 2006 and Ferrari has constantly tried to bring him to Maranello. While Adrian Newey is currently working with the defending world champion Max Verstappen, he stated, “Working with Fernando and Lewis would have been fabulous. But it never happened. It’s just circumstance sometimes, that’s the way it is.”