Red Bull F1: ‘Newey receives huge offer from Aston Martin, Stroll sells shares’

Adrian Newey will reportedly leave Red Bull Racing in the wake of the Christian Horner situation. The Brit is said to have received an offer from Aston Martin. Its owner Lawrence Stroll is now said to be selling a share in the F1 team.

The usually well-informed sources of Auto Motor und Sport and the BBC reported earlier this week that Newey would soon resign from the team that currently dominates Formula 1 with Max Verstappen. It is not yet known whether the chief designer and CTO will join another team or whether he will retire. Due to the fact that Newey’s contract with Red Bull runs until the end of 2025 and because of rules surrounding the so-called gardening leavehe may not be allowed to work for a new employer until 2027.

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50 million euros per season

According to Jack Plooij, Stroll made a proposal to Newey. “Do you know what was offered by Mr Lawrence Stroll? 200 million for four years,” the F1 analyst began at the Ziggo Sport Race Café. Three employees may fall outside the cost ceiling when it comes to salary and Newey is one of them at Red Bull and can therefore also become one at Aston Martin. Or the British team will play it even smarter, Plooij continued: “As a designer of those new engines, you have to [vanaf 2026] with a manufacturer, because then there can be outside the budget cap A lot of things happen that should not see the light of day.”

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Aston Martin is talking to interested parties

The rumors of Newey’s move to Aston Martin coincide with news that the team will reportedly sell a stake to investors. This could possibly free up money for the offer that Aston Martin has made to Newey. The racing team for which Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll compete sold a small share to Arctos Partners last November. According to Bloomberg Lawrence Stroll is willing to sell another 25% stake in Aston Martin F1. The value of the team was estimated at 1.2 billion euros during the previous deal, so if the Canadian hands over a quarter of the shares, at least 300 million euros will be freed up.

An Aston Martin spokesperson said that there is “occasionally, and particularly recently following the investment from Arctos Partners, contact with interested parties”, but the parties involved are confidential and no official announcement will be made in the short term. announcement to come.

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