First Days for Newey

By Ian Lockwood
January 10 2006

Team boss Christian Horner yesterday formally introduced Adrian Newey to the rest of the Red Bull Racing Team. Monday 9th January marked the arrival of Adrian Newey to strengthen the team’s already impressive technical line-up.

Joining as Chief Technical Officer, Newey started work the day before the team’s 2006 challenger, the RB2, takes to the track for its second ever test session at the Jerez circuit in Spain.

 “I’m going down to Jerez tomorrow to spend some time with the team and to see the new car,” said Newey, as he unpacked his personal effects onto his shiny new desk (would you believe he still uses an old fashioned drawing board!) “It’ll be nice to escape England in January and to be back at a race track again. I’m also looking forward to hearing the sound of these new V8 engines for the first time.”

 On his first day Newey tackled all the usual novelties of a new ‘school’ as matron checked that his name tags were sewn in to all his clothing and Headmaster Horner asked for the week’s dinner money.

 At his last school Newey was often top of the class and represented it with his innovative designs for playground cars, which often won the Mosley-Ecclestone Trophy, also known as the Formula One World Championship.

 “On a serious note,” added Newey. “I expect to spend my initial period with the team observing how things are done here, getting to know people and finding my feet in this new environment. The technical team is very strong and has a good reputation, so my aim at the start will simply be to understand how Red Bull Racing operates.”