OPINION
“Adrian Newey has achieved so much at three different teams – and he’s still the leader of the pack”
JOHNNY HERBERT
JONATHAN BUSHELL
Adrian Newey belongs in the company of Colin Chapman and Gordon Murray when it comes to great Formula 1 designers. He’s the most amazing in my time, largely because of his career longevity. Yes, I know Rory Byrne is still working in the background at Ferrari but Newey has achieved so much at three different teams: Williams, McLaren and Red Bull. He’s still the leader of the pack and he’s still up for it, too.
How the rules have developed since the early 1990s – it’s almost as if they have followed him rather than the other way around. It’s amazing how he always comes up with the next big thing that everyone else then jumps on, just as Chapman used to. Such figures have an ability to understand what is going on around them while also thinking, “How am I going to beat everyone next year and the year after that?”