Adrian Newey reveals why he’ll still be helping Red Bull with ‘passion project’ after his Aston Martin start date

“But I’ve still been working hard on the RB17 track car, which has been a sort of side project/passion project really, which I’ve hugely enjoyed because it’s something just a little bit different to Formula 1.

“It’s applying all the same principles that I’ve learned from Formula 1, but to a different application. So I’m still working on that and I will still be working on that until the 1st of March, and then I will still be working on that after that 1st of March date but not from the factory as much.

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“It’ll be more talking to the guys by video conference or whatever, [talking via] emails. And then when the car starts track testing, which will be next summer, then [I’ll be] attending track tests.”

Newey went on to explain that he had been continuing to have new ideas about the RB17 project – something that he had noticed was happening less when it came to his work on Red Bull’s F1 car.

Asked about the signs of ‘going stale’ in the job, Newey responded: “You start feeling as if you’re going through the motions, as if you’re doing it on automatic, I think, is probably the best way of putting it.