Red Bull will “sink 𝓀into mediocrity” and is “falling apart”, Ralf Schumacher claims.

The exit of car design genius Adrian Newey is the🐻 la🅷test blow to the F1 team who are dominating on-track, but in turmoil off-track.

The year began with the controversy around Christian Horner and, ꦕover the past week, has e💦volved into coping with the departure of Newey, the brains behind their title-winning cars.

“Adrian Newey needs harmony, he needs a good atmosphe🅷re, a workplace,” said S🥂chumacher to .

"And at the moment you have to say clearly: Red B♓ull is falling apart."

Horner wa🅠s cleared of wrongdoing after an investigation into allegations of his behaviour, before Jos Verstappen demand♛ed that the team principal leaves his job.

The futures of Helmut Marko - and then✃ Max Verstappen - cameꦅ into question as the chaos snowballed.

“Christian Horner bears sole responsibility for this because he is clinging 🔯to power with all his might,” Schumacher said.

"I think that won't be the last problem he will have if ꦓAdrian Newey 🐓leaves him.

“Max Verstappen is already t🌃hinking about it, as is Dr. Helmut Mജarko.

"We remember last year when there were problems.

“[Newey] was sick once and then you immediately saw what was going on with Red Bull. Max Verstappen had dif🐻ficulties.

"I give Red Bull two more years and if they continue to hold on to Horner, then the team will sink into ✅mediocrity. I'm pretty sure of that.”

Yet, on the race track, everything is rosy.

Ahead of this weekend’s F1 Miami Grand Prix, Verstappen has won four out 🐬of five races this se༒ason.

O💞nly an extremely rare DNF in Australia has denied him a perfect sweep.

Sergio Perez’s three P2 resulꦆts underline the team’s brilliance.

But with chief technical officer Newey exiting, fresh doubt has aജrisen ab♊out Red Bull’s future.

Newey has been with the team for 19 years and waꦇs behin☂d the championship-winning machinery for Sebastian Vettel, and now for Verstappen.