Adrian Newey to Ferrari? Is it possible?

[hondajack85]

This always happens when a talisman like figure leaves a team,football etc. You diminish thier contribution.
Only a load of idiots would run around in circles wailing about what will we do now?
I think Newey just chipped in with an opinion now and again toward the end and people probably forgot how valuable that was.
This generally happens in every job.
Why you have things like post office scandal/NHS various messes and the like.

[vaud]

Leithen said:

I'm not sure he'll have to manage Hamilton that much. And I think he'll be straightforward with Leclerc too, just as he has with Sainz. Whoever is faster gets strategy priority and then it's all about what is best for the team. Leclerc will know that he has to up his game and become a far more consistent performer.

I think he will manage it fine, just going to be interesting

[Leithen]

vaud said:

Leithen said:

I'm not sure he'll have to manage Hamilton that much. And I think he'll be straightforward with Leclerc too, just as he has with Sainz. Whoever is faster gets strategy priority and then it's all about what is best for the team. Leclerc will know that he has to up his game and become a far more consistent performer.

I think he will manage it fine, just going to be interesting

The radio interactions are going to be fun. Hamilton will probably be more assertive, like Sainz rather than Leclerc. Not sure he'll be very happy with the stock "we're checking" response though...

[braddo]

Leithen said:

The radio interactions are going to be fun. Hamilton will probably be more assertive, like Sainz rather than Leclerc. Not sure he'll be very happy with the stock "we're checking" response though...

Lewis will probably take his current engineer with him won't he?

[shirt]

I guess there are fans that follow a driver and fans that follow a team, nothing wrong with that. In more a fan of the sport and so the prospect of Hamilton in a newey designed Ferrari does make me froth a little, especially if they’re fighting a strong field. I’d Deffo be doing all I could to be their garage scrutineer in 26!

[Sandpit Steve]

Leithen said:

vaud said:

Leithen said:

I'm not sure he'll have to manage Hamilton that much. And I think he'll be straightforward with Leclerc too, just as he has with Sainz. Whoever is faster gets strategy priority and then it's all about what is best for the team. Leclerc will know that he has to up his game and become a far more consistent performer.

I think he will manage it fine, just going to be interesting

The radio interactions are going to be fun. Hamilton will probably be more assertive, like Sainz rather than Leclerc. Not sure he'll be very happy with the stock "we're checking" response though...

Surely Lewis asks Ferrari to bring Peter Bonnington along for the ride?

[SpudLink]

braddo said:

Leithen said:

The radio interactions are going to be fun. Hamilton will probably be more assertive, like Sainz rather than Leclerc. Not sure he'll be very happy with the stock "we're checking" response though...

Lewis will probably take his current engineer with him won't he?

I imagine he would like to. But I believe he's been with the team since they were Honda. He may not want to move just because Lewis is leaving.

[Sandpit Steve]

deadslow said:

NRS said:

I wonder if a lot of the "RB" fans will suddenly become LeClerc fans?

most probably already are. Both current Ferarri drivers are superb in the car and good characters out of it. Always great to see either/both doing well. Christ, grow up.

I think @NRS refers to the many ‘RB fans’ here, who come across as football fans who’ll suport anyone playing Hamilton.

It’s like the Glasgow sports shops, where they actually sell hundreds of £50 shirts for whoever is playing England in the World Cup. They have no positive affiliation, only a negative one.

[HardtopManual]

hondajack85 said:

Newey just chipped in with an opinion now and again toward the end and people probably forgot how valuable that was.
This generally happens in every job.

Couldn't agree more, particularly with people who've been there and done that. Companies tend to look at an individual's output and conclude that they don't do very much, when actually they save countless man days and money on projects, and contribute greatly to their success, just because they've been down all the rabbit holes and tried all the processes before, and know what works.

No, I'm not bitter 🫠

[thegreenhell]

Joe Saward thinks Newey is most likely off to Aston Martin to work with his former colleagues Dan Fallows and Martin Whitmarsh. He also presents the logic that Le Mans is the only big race he's never won, and next year Aston are going to Le Mans with the Valkyrie, which was originally Newey's design...

[Gary C]

thegreenhell said:

Joe Saward thinks Newey is most likely off to Aston Martin to work with his former colleagues Dan Fallows and Martin Whitmarsh. He also presents the logic that Le Mans is the only big race he's never won, and next year Aston are going to Le Mans with the Valkyrie, which was originally Newey's design...

Interesting points

Hope not...

[PhilAsia]

thegreenhell said:

PhilAsia said:

Leithen said:

732NM said:

TheDeuce said:

Kart16 said:

Blib said:

Lewis's grin leads me to believe that that Newey is heading to Ferrari.

He won’t have any grin next year when he will be beaten by Leclerc.

You don't post often, but when you do - it's hopeless

It's just a parody now.

Next years race threads will be almost unreadable with the Hamilton/Leclerc bickering.

I hope not.

If Lewis does well good luck to him.

If Lehklerrhke does well good luck to him.

But you're probably right, sadly.

It will be made even worse by people endlessly coming up with alternative spellings of their names thinking they're being funny/clever when in fact they are being the opposite.

Aimed squarely at one person that was calling out even the slightest incorrect spelling. So, not funny/clever, more irritating. Hi.

[732NM]

thegreenhell said:

Joe Saward thinks Newey is most likely off to Aston Martin to work with his former colleagues Dan Fallows and Martin Whitmarsh. He also presents the logic that Le Mans is the only big race he's never won, and next year Aston are going to Le Mans with the Valkyrie, which was originally Newey's design...

Seems unlikely when the other option is working with a driver and team he has stated he would have liked to have done during his career.

Go for that option or the loving embrace of Lawrence Stroll whilst working with his miserable and at best average son.

Nah.

[Leithen]

Gary C said:

thegreenhell said:

Joe Saward thinks Newey is most likely off to Aston Martin to work with his former colleagues Dan Fallows and Martin Whitmarsh. He also presents the logic that Le Mans is the only big race he's never won, and next year Aston are going to Le Mans with the Valkyrie, which was originally Newey's design...

Interesting points

Hope not...

Get the feeling Saward would like it to be Aston. The Race appear to want it to be Williams.

All down to what Newey wants, obviously.

If I was about to take delivery of a rather lovely Oyster Yacht, I'd rather moor it in the Med or the Adriatic than the Channel/Irish Sea.

[Wills2]

I think it would be fantastic if it happens, I'd love to see Leclerc and Hamilton battle it out in a championship winning car, throw Max into the mix with both Russell and Lando in competitive cars and it would be a great season, not to mention Alonso.

It's such a pity that with the current crop of top drivers that the cars just don't allow the racing we'd all like to see.

[Mark-C]

thegreenhell said:

Joe Saward thinks Newey is most likely off to Aston Martin to work with his former colleagues Dan Fallows and Martin Whitmarsh. He also presents the logic that Le Mans is the only big race he's never won, and next year Aston are going to Le Mans with the Valkyrie, which was originally Newey's design...

The Valkyrie is going to take a lot to turn it into a genuine contender vs Toyota/Porsche/Ferrari. Peugeot, Lamborghini and Alpine are showing how hard it is with Cadillac also up and down in the middle somewhere. I reckon it will make a genuine challenge for Newey which he may well love.

I do wonder how long Aston Martin as a car manufacturer can continue independently and whether that will ultimately put an end to F1 and Le Mans etc

[thegreenhell]

732NM said:

thegreenhell said:

Joe Saward thinks Newey is most likely off to Aston Martin to work with his former colleagues Dan Fallows and Martin Whitmarsh. He also presents the logic that Le Mans is the only big race he's never won, and next year Aston are going to Le Mans with the Valkyrie, which was originally Newey's design...

Seems unlikely when the other option is working with a driver and team he has stated he would have liked to have done during his career.

Go for that option or the loving embrace of Lawrence Stroll whilst working with his miserable and at best average son.

Nah.

But he's also said he'd like to work with Alonso, apparently.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/lets-se...

[732NM]

thegreenhell said:

But he's also said he'd like to work with Alonso, apparently.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/lets-se...

He's also known to not like Stroll senior or his style of management.

[Bo_apex]

732NM said:

thegreenhell said:

But he's also said he'd like to work with Alonso, apparently.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/lets-se...

He's also known to not like Stroll senior or his style of management.

Stroll could purchase number 44 from Hamilton


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68708981

[andyA700]

This is quite interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLEMcHMTo8A