Formula 1: 'I'm very flattered,' says Red Bull's Adrian Newey on working with Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari

Adrian Newey, the outgoing F1 designer of Red Bull, says that he's going to take a break before deciding on his new adventure. Newey will be leaving Red Bull early in 2025 after making them a powerhouse of the sport. In last five years, Red Bull has finished on the top of the constructor's standings twice (2023 and 2022), second place twice (2021 and 2020) and third in 2019. They have also won back-to-back championships as well.

"F1 is all consuming, I've been at it for a long time now," he told Sky Sports.

"2021 was a really busy year with all the title battle with Mercedes through the championship and at the same time, putting all the research and development into the RB18, which is the father of this generation of cars ... and then there comes a point where, as Forest Gump said, 'I'm feeling a little bit tired'.

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"[I've been thinking about it] a little while now, and then as events have unfolded this year, I'm in the very lucky position where I don't need to work to live, I work because I enjoy it and I just felt that now was a good time to take step back, take a bit of a break, take stock of life, go travelling a bit," he added.

Newey has been rumoured to move to Ferrari where Lewis Hamilton will be heading after the ongoing season.

Notably, Newey has acknowledged regretting not working with a driver like Hamilton in his career.

Hamilton, on Thursday (May 2) also said that it'd be a privilege to work with Newey at Ferrari to which the 65-year-old F1 designer said: "It's very kind of Lewis to say that, I'm very flattered. But at the moment it's just take a bit of a break and see what happens next."

(With inputs from agencies)