Adrian Newey will reportedly not have to serve any “gardening leave” upon his🐼 exit from Red Bull.

The car design genius’ departure from the team w𝓀here he has spent the past 19♏ years has been confirmed.

Newey will step back from d♔ay-to-day duties immediately, but will still attend some grands prix this season with Red Bull.

He will remain focused on the RB17 hype൩rcar project ♍for the rest of 2024.

Newey will formally leave Red Bull in the ܫspring of 2025 - when he can immediately join a rival F1 team, if he wants.

There will be no contractual clause prohibitꩵing the next job for “free agent” Newey, The Athletic report.

BBC reported that Newey w✱ill have time to make a “major impact” on the 2026 car of whichever team he opts to join - effectively meaning he can start work from 2025.

It is standard procedure for Formula 1’s highest-p🍰rofile individuals to have “gardening leave” or “non-compete” clauses, and it was understood that Newey’s Red Bull contract included one.

His contract w🌌ith Red Bull was due to run until the end of 2025, so a 12-month gardening leave൩ period would mean he couldn’t join another team until 2027, by which time the new F1 regulations would be one-year old.

Instead, Newey’s lawyers have successfully negotiated the removal of that clau🌸se.

So, when he🦋 officially exits Red Bull i🅰n early-2025, he can jump back into a new job.

Ferrari and Aston Martin, in particular,ಞ will be on high-alert.

Reportedly, Newey has rejected a big-money deal to join Aston Martin bankrolled by billionaire owner Lawrence Stroℱll.

Italian media insist that Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur travelled to Lond🦹on on Tuesday, the night before Red Bull officially c🏅onfirmed Newey’s exit.

Vasseur was in town t💝o talk to Newey, ramping up the likelihood that he will join the famous team who will als♕o welcome Lewis Hamilton in 2025.