David Coulthard labels Adrian Newey’s Red Bull exit a ‘celebration’

Newey’s 18 years of work in Red Bull were followed with quite impressive results. Coulthard mentioned that this was the longest that the Englishman had worked for a constructor in Formula 1. Hence, after such a long chunk of time together, the entire situation of the engineer moving out was maybe on a happy note. As a result, Adrian Newey’s exit from Red Bull called for a celebration rather than berating the situation.

Eighteen years, I think the journey that he’s been on with the team, that’s the majority of his racing design career actually, and definitely more than he’s been with any other team. So I see that as a celebration rather than ‘oh my goodness, he’s leaving the home’. David Coulthard declared.

Eddie Jordan applauds Adrian Newey for a ‘mighty job’ at Red Bull for 18 years

Adrian Newey’s allegiance to Red Bull will go down in the record books for the team in Formula 1. The technical wizard complemented well with all the drivers and created many championship-winning challengers. Hence, Ex-F1 team owner Eddie Jordan did not hesitate to applaud the 65-year-old’s service to Milton Keynes. Jordan mentioned that he respected people like Newey and Christian Horner who ‘went the distance’ with the team and did a mighty job.

I applaud people like Adrian, like Christian [Horner], and all of those people who are able to go the distance and stay at the distance, because that in itself is a mighty job. Eddie Jordan said on the Formula For Success podcast (H&T: planetf1.com).

The Irishmen subsequently claimed that these people worked very well under a lot of pressure to win. Hence, Jordan further complimented the team’s principal and Newey for working for so long together without any issues. The 76-year-old further highlighted that the job done by the manufacturer was remarkable since its inception in 2005.

You cannot expect people at this level of pressure to be able to stay unified together, which the Red Bull people have. What they’ve achieved in this time has been remarkable. Eddie Jordan noted.

Adrian Newey’s exit from Red Bull will surely be a bitter-sweet moment for the team. Newey’s future in Formula 1 will be highly debated until final confirmation arrives. The aero-genius will currently work on the RB17 Hypercar for one last time before exiting all works of the Red Bull department. Hence, scoring the 2024 season’s championship victory would be a great send-off for the 65-year-old.