The Miami Grand Prix, the sixth round of the 2024 F1 championship, will take place from May 3 to 5 at the Miami Circuit and while the teams prepare to try to close the gap with Red Bull, in F-1 a real bombshell.
The confirmation that Lewis Hamilton, seven-time world champion, will leave Mercedes at the end of next season to wear red with Ferrari in 2025, and the crisis at Red Bull, have unleashed endless speculation and potential moves that could significantly alter the Great Circus. And now, the spotlight is on star engineer Adrian Newey. According to reports from Germany, the 65-year-old Englishman will soon announce his departure from Verstappen’s team. Newey is already clear about his destiny and it will not be Aston Martin. Fernando Alonso’s team seemed willing to pull out all the stops to achieve a signing that could give the Asturian the reliable car that he has been asking for for months. However, from the specialized media Auto Motor und Sport they assure that his destiny is in Ferrari with Lewis Hamilton.
From Germany, they assure that the “wizard” of F1 would be tired of the “power struggles” that exist within the team, with names like Christian Horner and Helmut Marko.
Fred Vasseur, veteran crew chief and almost a contemporary of Newey, would thus close a dream team with the most successful driver and engineer today and in history. A decision that will not come cheap considering that the engineer earns 10 million per season at Red Bull.
Goodbye to the Aston Martin dream
A signing that represents a real setback for the Asturian team who did not seem willing to let him escape.
“The plus that Fernando brings to the team is exemplary. It is no secret that we want to continue working with him. It is important to offer him a quick package so that he believes in this project and this team,” Mike Krack confessed in the days before his renewal.
And to achieve this objective, the British team seemed willing to pull out the checkbook to make the definitive signing that would allow them to carry out a great project for the future with the Asturian. Rumors that have been reinforced by the dinner that Stroll and Newy shared during the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix.
Aston Martin has already signed several renowned engineers, such as Dan Fallows, Mike Krack or Tom McCullough among others, but the signing of Newey would be the final piece to a puzzle that is taking shape and that would take Alonso’s team to the first level. Now, this possibility has disappeared.
2024-04-26 05:25:39
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