Adrian Newey has strongly hinted that he will rejoin a new F1 team when he leaves Red Bull.

Newey will quit Red Bull in early-2025 and his aওvailability has got the richest, front-running F1 teams on high-🐲alert.

He has reportedly negotiated a ‘non-compete’ clause out of his exit deal, meaning he could restart work in a new job🔯 to oversee the 2026 car for his next employer.

But, there have also been suggestions that ไNewey could step away from F1 altogether and focus on other interests, in particular sailing.

Newey was asked at an  event, ahead of this weekend’s F1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix,🤡 what he will do next.

“It’s a popular question at the🍬 moment,” Newey said.

“If you asked me 15 years ago if, at the age of 65, if I’d seriously consider changing teams and goin𒆙g somewhere el🔴se, and doing another 4-5 years, I’d have said you are mad!

“A few things happened at once.

“𝓀My dad was a vet and a huge car ent✱husiast. He used to tinker with his cars.

“He wanted to retire when he was 60. 🦂He semi-retired at 62. He did locums until he was 65, then retired. He lost his way, in his retirement. He lost his mojo.

“A combination of that and, two oꦦf thꦅe people I respect the most - Bernie and Roger Penske - I asked ‘what is your secret?’

“They are mentally 🦩agile and physically agile. They 🍒said the brain is like a muscle and it needs exercise.

“I have wanted to work in motor racing as a designer since the age of 8 or 10. I have been lucky to fulfil that 🦩ambition. I love what I do.

“I’ll have a bit of a holiday. As Forrest Gump said ‘I feel a bit tire🌸d at the moment’.

“At some point, I’ll probably go again…”

Newey admitted: “I know I’d miss it,꧃ if I wasn’t doing it.

“Do 🌠I go again or do I enjoy my [yacht] an𝓡d sail off into the sunset?”

Ferrari have been most closely linked with finally recruiti🃏ng Newey after years🧸 of interest.

But it has been suggested over the years that an unwillingness to move꧙ to Italy has scuppered a deal.

Aston Martin reportedlyও had a big-money offer rejected by Newey.