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In Formula 1, there's only one person who works that way: Adrian Newey.

"In Formula 1, there's only one person who works that way: Adrian Newey."

13-05-2020 12:05

GPblog.com

Adrian Newey is one of the most valued people in the Formula 1 paddock. Newey designed his first car in 1988 and since 2006 he has been the brain behind the car of Red Bull Racing. In an interview with Motorsport.com old Formula 1 engineer Enrique Scalabroni admires Newey's work.

Scalabroni admires the designers who can design the complete package. For example, he first quotes Mauro Forghieri, who was a designer for Ferrari in the 1960s. "He could do anything. You have to be able to communicate your ideas to the people you work with. You don't have to force them to do anything, but you have to make them understand that there's a concept to follow".

Newey the only one who works like that

That philosophy is what makes Newey special, according to the Argentinean. "Today there's only one person who works that way in F1 and that's Adrian Newey". According to Scalabroni, the Briton knows how to make his thoughts come true and is excellent at working together between the different departments within a team. 

"To work like that, you have to fully understand the car. This is often lacking within a team, because the work is divided between different departments. However, Newey still takes his place behind the drawing board and designs the entire car himself. In Formula 1 there is only one genius: Andrian Newey", says Scalabroni.