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 for an additional 12 months following the end of his contract, which is due to expire at ꦐthe end of 2025✃.

It was widely reported on Thursday that the legendary F1 car designer has decide🎶d he wants to lea☂ve Red Bull in the wake of the controversy surrounding team principal Christian Horner.

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

However, Autos🥃port reports the situation surrounding Newey is “incredibly complex”.

Contra💧ctual non-complete clauses are often inserted into the contracts of senior F1 figures to prevent rivals poachi♏ng them easily.

This often leads to spells outside of the paddock - commonly known as gardening leave - wh𓃲ich 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 from Mercedes to F൩errari at t🎃he end of the year.

However, this does not necessarily prevent the possibi💎lity of Newey being fast-tracked ⛎to another team.

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

Given Red Bull would not want to hand a potential early advantage to a rival outfit, such a deal would likely🅷 come ꦕat a lofty cost.

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

It is understood that Red Bull have not received a formal resign🎃ation from Newey.

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

Sky Sports News’ Craig Slater re꧅ported: "As I understand it, he would have to serve another year of gardening leave were Red Bull t💞o 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 Newey have said that if he is seriously considering leaving, he has not madಞe up his mind about what direction his future career should take."