Who is Red Bull’s Chief Technical Officer?

He will now focus on the final developments for Red Bull’s first hypercar – the RB17 – which is set to be revealed at Goodwood in July. 

Who is Adrian Newey? 

Newey was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on 26 December 1958 and attended school alongside former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson. He then attended the University of Southampton, where he graduated in 1980 with a first-class honours degree in aeronautics and astronautics. 

He started his career in motorsport straight after graduating when he was hired by the Fittipaldi F1 team. A year later he joined the team at March, where he worked as a race engineer for Johnny Cecotto in European F2.  

Newey’s first car design project was the March sportscar that won the IMSA GTP title for two consecutive years. He then moved to the constructor’s Indycar project in 1984, where he helped with the car design, alongside working as race engineer for Bobby Rahal at Truesports. 

For 1985, Newey designed the March 85C, which won several rounds of the CART World Series for Indycars and carried Al Unser Sr to the title, and Danny Sullivan to victory at the Indianapolis 500. He then decided to move to Kraco Racing in 1986 to work as an engineer on Michael Andretti’s car. The March 86C, which he designed, carried Rahal to the CART and Indy 500 titles. 

Newey was set to return to F1 at the end of 1986 when he was employed by the Haas Lola F1 team, but the squad withdrew at the end of the season. He then returned to the CART championship at the beginning of 1987, joining Newman-Haas Racing to work as Mario Andretti’s race engineer. 

How long has Adrian Newey worked in Formula 1?  

Adrian Newey has had a career in Formula 1 spanning over four decades. After starting out with Fittipaldi Automotive in 1980, he eventually returned to F1 in 1988 when he was rehired by March as chief designer.