Esteemed Formula One designer Adrian Newey is to leave Red Bull in 2025, the F1 champions said on Wednesday.
Newey joined Red Bull ahead of their second F1 season in 2006 and has been crucial helping to turn the operation from midfield runners to world champions.
"My dream was to be an engineer in Formula One, and I’ve been lucky enough to make that dream a reality. For almost two decades it has been my great honour to have played a key role in Red Bull Racing’s progress from upstart newcomer to multiple title-winning team," Newey said.
With Newey-designed cars, Red Bull have claimed six constructors’ titles and seven drivers’ titles between Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen respectively.
However, after almost 20 years with Red Bull, Newey will be departing from his Chief Technical Officer role in the first quarter of 2025.
"I feel now is an opportune moment to hand that baton over to others and to seek new challenges for myself," he said.
Red Bull said that Newey will shift focus to final development and delivery of Red Bull’s first-ever hypercar, the RB17.
"He will remain involved in and committed to this exciting project until its completion. We’d like to thank Adrian for our achievements in the time that we have worked together so far," Red Bull said.
It's unclear whether Newey will return to F1 in the future, but he has been recently linked to a job at Ferrari.