Former Red Bull chief technical officer Adrian Newey believes “inexperience” may have played a part in the RB20’s troubled development path last year. After a dominant start to the F1 2024 season, the development of the RB20 saw the reigning World Champions struggle to compete for victories through the middle phase of the season as other teams came on strong.

Legendary Formula 1 car designer Adrian Newey will start his new role with Aston Martin in March having walked away from Red Bull last year in a decision which rocked the sport

Adrian Newey believes a lack of experience set Red Bull back during the 2024 season, as the team struggled to keep up with rivals McLaren and Ferrari.

It’s something I was starting to become concerned about but not many other people in the organisation seemed to be very concerned about it.”

Ahead of the Miami Grand Prix another stunning announcement came with the news that Adrian Newey, arguably the greatest engineer in the history of the sport, would be leaving Red Bull. That sparked months of speculation about where Newey would land next, speculation that finally ended with the announcement he was moving to Aston Martin.