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“I thought, well really, you can’t read the press when it’s good and then get upset about it when it’s poor, so at that point I sort of said, ‘Okay, just don’t read the press!’”
He added: “Mandy, my wife, she does follow social media. She keeps me roughly informed of what’s going on, but I’m relatively oblivious to it. I just try to lead my life and not be influenced by it.”
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With Newey into the final months of an almost two-decade stay at Red Bull, he also took a moment to reflect on their journey from occasional points scorers to world champions.
Since joining the team in 2006, Newey has played a key role in them achieving more than 100 race wins, six constructors’ titles and seven drivers’ titles – split between Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel.
“When I started, really it was with the aspiration and hope that at some point we could win a race,” he commented.
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