Contractual non-complete clauses could see Adrian Newey blocked from joining any of Red Bull’s F1 rivals until 2027 at the earliest.

That is according to, who report Newey could be unavailable ꦫfor an additional 12 months follo💃wing the end of his contract, which is due to expire at the end of 2025.

It was widely reported on Thursday that the legendary F1 car designer has decided heꦜ wants to leave Red Bull in the wake of the controversy surrounding team principal Christian Horner.

Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport, who first reported the news, claim Newey is most likely 😼to join Ferrari and could make the move to ꦚMaranello as soon as 2025.

However, Autosport repor✤ts the situation surrounding Newey is “incredibly complex”.

Contractual non-complete clauses are often inserted into the contracts of senior F1 figures to preven♒t rivals poaching them easily.

This often leads to spells outside꧂ of the paddock - commonly known as gardening leave - which are observed before personnel🎃 can start work at their new teams.

Similar clauses are set to prevent 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton taking engineers with him when he makes the switch f🅷rom Mercedes to Ferrari at the end of the year.

However, this d🥂oes not necessarily prevent the possibility of Newey🐎 being fast-tracked to another team.

Indeed, if all parties involved w♕ere to reach an agreement, he could be bought out of his current contract.

Given Red Bull w🐽ould not want to hand a potential early advantage to a rival outfit, such a deal would likely come at a lofty cost.

A sabbatical, or even a full🐈-time step away from F1, have been mooted as other possibilities for the 65-year-old.

It 𝕴is understood that Red Bull have not received a formal resignation from Ne🔯wey.

In a statement issued to , Red Bull insisted: "Adrian is 🦹contracted until at least the end of 2025 and we are unaware of him joining any othe🌳r team.”

Sky Sports News’ Craig Slater reported: "As I understand it, he would🔴 have to serve another year of gardening leave were Red Bull to hold him to the full extent of his contract - which would mean he would not be able to work for another Formula 1 team until 2027.

"Red Bull, as I understand it, are also unaware of any formal approach from another Formula 1 team to Newey. The one or two individuals I have spoken to who are close to N🤪ewey have said that if he is seriously considering leaving, he has not made up his mind about what direction his future career should take."