Newey: "Nobody knew where it would go with Red Bull"

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.