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Adrian Newey, the Chief Technical Officer of Red Bull Racing
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The generalist qualities that made Newey F1’s pre-eminent design guru

Adrian Newey has designed title-winning Formula 1 cars for Williams, McLaren and Red Bull. Having recently extended his contract with the latter, he'll continue to have an influence on grand prix racing for many years to come. BEN EDWARDS tries to define just what it is that has made Newey so good.

A key pillar of Red Bull’s superb performance is aerodynamic design, and that’s little wonder given technical boss Adrian Newey has been playing with the effects of airflow on racing cars since
the early 1980s. The team’s success under revised aero regulations for the current breed of cars is
an exemplar of efficient execution.

Newey’s ability to oversee a project which has suffered very little bouncing or porpoising is of no surprise to fellow 1990s F1 designer Chris Murphy. Although they never worked together, there was a strong connection: Murphy took over Newey’s role as designer at the Leyton House team and inherited one of his most intriguing machines.

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