Former F1 team boss Eddie Jordan has suggested Ad👍rian Newey could “take time out and just cruise for a while” following his Red Bull ex♒it.

On Wednesday Red Bull confirmed the legendary 65-year-old car designer wou💫ld be leaving the team in “early 2025” after a nearly two decades at the reigning world champions.

Newey thanked his “close friend and manager” Jordan in Red Bull’s press release ann💯ouncing his departure൲.

David Coulthard asked Jordan what involvement he had in advising Newey whe♑n speaking on the latest episode of their Formula For Succe🍸ss podcast.

“Whatever his decision, we wish him well. In this case, I’m joining you [Coulthard] on the🐓 fence and I’m not going to say what is likely my advice, but you know, we do speak a lot,” Jordan said. 

“We do cyc💙le an awful lot. I see him virtually every day for a two, three month period in the middle of our Christmas up here where it’s summertime in Cape Town.

“We’re next-door neighbours so to speak, and so there are certain things๊ I kn🌠ow about and certain things he knows about me. But you know, my lips are sealed – you won’t get a word out of me!”

Newey has already been heavily linked with Red Bull’s rivals - including Ferrari, Mercedes and Aston Martin - amid speculation surr꧑ounding his future.

But Jordan would not be surprised to see Newey tꩲake some time out and focus on his other interests, such as sailing.

“If I’m being honest, in all the time we cycle [together] there wouldn’t be any professional interference ಌor looking for knowledge,” Jordan added.

“෴This 🌸is just idle gossip as you would stop for a coffee.

“Remember that he’s been in Red Bull under constant 𒁃pressure. He started off in that team in a very lowly seventh or eighth in the championship.

“I don’t know how many races they have won now with him and Christian [Horner, team principal] there, it’s probably about 11🐷8 [sic] or thereabouts - that’s ridiculous amounts of pressure.

“So if he’s going to take time out and just cruise for a while, then everyone would understand that. And I think that’s probably more likely to see r🅷ather than diving into any other possible employment career.

“I very much doubt if Adri🥂an 𝓰has spoken to anybody in that regard.

🐎“Things have slightly changed, he’s got a bit older. This is a great team, he’s had great drivers, he’s got great personnel there. I can understand if he’s looking for a little bit of time out.”