Pink Bull crew principal Christian Horner mentioned Aston Martin had been “barely untimely” in arranging a serious occasion to announce Adrian Newey as their new chief designer.
Horner identified Newey continues to be below contract to Pink Bull till the start of subsequent 12 months.
“It was clearly a big announcement by Aston,” mentioned Horner. “Adrian has all the time tended to do his personal factor.
“Clearly it was a giant second for that crew, they selected to rejoice it maybe probably barely prematurely earlier than he has completed his contract with Pink Bull Racing.”
Pink Bull introduced 4 months in the past that Newey would go away them on the finish of the season after 18 years on the crew. Though Newey was tipped to hitch Ferrari at one stage, Horner mentioned his choice to hitch Aston Martin “wasn’t an important shock.”
“I feel it was turning into clearer and clearer that was the route that he was going to go relatively than into retirement or some other crew,” he mentioned.
“Clearly it is going to be a brand new problem for him and it is going to be unhappy to see when he leaves subsequent 12 months however we want him all the most effective for the longer term.”
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Pink Bull have gained six constructors’ championship throughout Newey’s time on the crew, whereas their drivers have gained seven titles. Horner mentioned he has fond recollections of their time working collectively.
“Adrian is clearly a really artistic man and he’s not your common designer,” he mentioned. “I feel he’s the one individual nonetheless in Formulation 1 engaged on a drafting board. Inevitably there shall be a course of of getting to get to know one another and the way one another works and so forth.
“He’s distinctive in lots of respects, and I feel that Aston will clearly look to attract upon his enormous expertise.
“I look again with nice fondness to the time, the 20 years nearly that we spent collectively, the highs and lows throughout that interval, however sit up for the longer term and I feel we’re nicely positioned for that.”
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