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Many consider Ferrari to be the favourites to hire Adrian Newey, Formula One’s most regarded designer, when he quits Red Bull early next year.
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The team originally attempted to hire Newey while its founder, Enzo Ferrari, was still alive. If he had joined them, the sport’s history might have been drastically different.
Instead, Newey created a string of championship-winning vehicles for British teams like Williams, McLaren, and Red Bull.
Will F1’s most famous, historic and successful team finally lure the sport’s most respected designer to Maranello? Their three previous efforts to sign him show how early they recognised his potential and how keen they became to hire him.
Ferrari first tried to hire Newey when he was forging a reputation in the American racing scene, and the F1 team was considering a move into IndyCar racing. Ferrari eventually shelved that project, but not before Newey was invited to their headquarters to discuss it.
The 26-year-old had already been introduced to F1 car design at Fittipaldi, then joined March where he enjoyed a successful stint in F2 before shifting his focus to their American racing activities. His sports car designs delivered championship success in the IMSA category, then in 1984 he engineered Bobby Rahal’s Truesports-run March.
The followed year, March gave Newey the chance to produce his first clean-sheet design: the 85C. The car proved a success, continuing March’s run of Indianapolis 500 victories courtesy of Danny Sullivan, and winning the championship in Al Unser’s hands.
