Adrian Newey helps the Pink Bull group with Components 1 race technique choices on the weekends the place he attends to advertise his RB17 hypercar, along with his upcoming exit looming.
Newey has visited the Miami, Monaco and Silverstone races since his determination to go away Pink Bull was introduced originally of Could.
He’ll depart Pink Bull in March 2025, along with his last challenge for the group being ending and serving to promote the RB17 hypercar that was revealed publicly for the primary time final week on the 2024 Goodwood Pageant of Pace.
In an unique interview with Motorsport.com concerning the RB17’s design course of, Newey was requested what he had been doing with Pink Bull at these races – his attendance an uncommon improvement for high-profile engineers who’ve determined to go away groups as they’re normally positioned on gardening depart.
“When I’ve been – so Miami and Monaco [and Silverstone] – then [it’s about] primarily speaking to the drivers just a little bit,” Newey replied, explaining his interactions with Pink Bull F1 race drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.
“After which a bit concerned in technique via the races. Nevertheless it’s additionally been [about] assembly clients – 17 purchasers and clients.
“As a result of I feel the purpose of that is it’s extremely a lot an extension of the Components 1 group [building the RB17 with Red Bull Advanced Technologies].
Adrian Newey, Pink Bull Racing Chief Technical Officer with the Pink Bull RB17
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“And everyone, subsequently, is concerned not solely within the 17 itself, however in how Pink Bull goes about Components 1 weekends.
“And that may proceed no matter my bodily being current. Due to the best way we’re doing and likewise my son Harry [2015 BRDC Formula 4 runner-up, 2017-2018 Asian Le Mans Series champion and now RB17 customer manager], he’ll proceed to work on 17 via to its completion and certainly past once I cease working right here in March subsequent 12 months.
“Then I’ll nonetheless be totally concerned in working with the fellows on queries and I will be attending monitor exams and so forth and so forth.”
Newey additionally said that his determination to go away Pink Bull had not impacted the timeline for ending the RB17, as that had “reached idea completion” in January 2024.
“What it is really performed is that it is meant that, as a result of I am type of now out of Components 1 since finish of April, then it really implies that I can focus completely on 17 and actually go into not simply, if you happen to like, the pure mechanical or the pure engineering particulars, however all the opposite peripheral issues that we very a lot want to contemplate,” he added. “Equivalent to: ease of servicing, servicing, life servicing, prices, longevity in order that homeowners in 10-20 years’ time, can they nonetheless get the elements, will the suppliers nonetheless be round?
“So, actually concentrating on all these type of features that are likely to not be thought-about or we hadn’t maybe thought-about early on, however as you get into the element, grow to be crucial issues in order that the possession expertise might be as involving and pleasurable as doable.”
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