Adrian Newey, considered by many to be the best designer in Formula 1, will enter his sixteenth year with Red Bull Racing in 2021. Just a year after Red Bull acquired the team from Jaguar, Newey joined the team.
Newey saw this as a great challenge. "I saw Red Bull as a startup team, something that really appealed to me," Newey told Dutch magazine Formule 1 in an interview.
New challenge with Red Bull
"Nobody knew where things would go with Red Bull, but the first goal was to get to a position where we could win races. From there we would see. So the success we've had over the years has been very rewarding for me."
The designer has had a big part in that success, and suggested a different feeling at Red Bull than at McLaren and Williams, with whom he has also been very successful in the past.
"Williams and McLaren are great teams, but even though I was valued there I always felt like an employee. For Red Bull I feel a lot more responsibility. I even have a bit of a fatherly feeling with the team," Newey concluded.