Adrian Newey completes slick overtake - but later aquaplanes - at Goodwood
Adrian Newey was behind the wheel in very wet cond𒉰ition💫s
Adrian Newey distracted himself from speculation aboutꦉ his future by returning to the race t𝔍rack this weekend.
Newey was driving a🔯t the 2024 Goodwood Revival where he showed off some of his racecraft in terrible conditio♔ns.
Driving a Fordꦕ GT40, he completed a perfect overtake and showed real speed down the straight.
A smooth overtake from Adrian Newey in the Ford GT40. He just had that bit of ex🐠tr♍a oomph down the straight.
— Goodwood FOS (@fosgoodwood)
But, later, the♋ wet conditions caused Newey to aquaplane into the gravel trap.
Adrian Newey could bar🤡ely do anything as his Ford GT40 aquaplanes into the gravel trap at
— Goodwood FOS (@fosgoodwood)
He was competing in two races, the Whitsun Trophy (in a Ford GT40) and the Royal💞 Automobile Club 𓆏TT Celebration (driving a 1963 Jaguar E-type lightweight).
Newey’s skills behind the wheel will soon be overshadowed by his genius at designi𒐪ng F1 cars.
Hi✨s future is set to be resolved in the coming days.
Newey will be unveiled at Aston Martin this week, at the team’s Silv🦩erstone HQ, the BBC report.
The outgoing Red Bull🐼 chief technical officer has selected Aston Martin as his new F1 project, r🌌ather than Ferrari, Williams or Alpine.
His signature is a hugely significant moment for the next era of For🧸mula 1.
James was a sports journalist🍌 at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American spor𝔉ts, to football, to F1.
