Adrian Newey was in action at the Goodwood over the weekend as he was in the seat of Niki Lauda’s iconic Ferrari 312T F1 car.

N༺ewey was behind the wheel of Lauda’s championship-winning Ferrari, with the Red Bull design guru describing the experience as “really special”.

The focus was on Newey across the weekend as his Red Bull hypercaജr was launched for the first time.

The 65-year-o🔯ld also drove the Ast෴on Martin Valkyrie, a car he and Red Bull build collaboratively with the British brand.

But reflecting on his experience in Lauda’s legend🌸ary Ferrari, Newey felt it was a “fitting tribute”.

꧑“Third time actually! To be driving Niki’s old car, his championship-winning car is so special𒐪, it really is,” he said.

“I knew Niki quite well so to be in here, sitting in the same seat and just trying to think what he must have been experien💧cing and how he prepared for the starts and everything - really special.”

“It’s absolutely amazing. A very fitting tribute to him♍ไ.”

F1 has come a long way since the 1970s, which is the era Lauda’s Fe♏rrari is from.

Newey conceded that bei꧋ng a designer during this time would have been “fascinating” due to the small rule book💦.

“The cars are so different,” he added. “I love these ꦰcars. I grew up with the Lotus 49 from ‘67, ‘68, the first car I started to look at and then by the time I got to ‘74, this car, when I was 15, I did a painting of it actually for my art project.

“Look at the engineering back then. It must have been a fascinating era to work in because on the plus side you had a rule book which was about two p🐓ages but the budgets are relatively small.

“Much more importantly, you didn’t have th𓆏e search tools so everything was primarily was down to gut instinct, wind tunnels were just starting. Must have been fascinating.”

Newey’s F1 future is still u♒nclear as he depa𓂃rts Red Bull in the first quarter of 2025.

He’s been heavꦿily linked with moves to Aston Martin and McLaren, with links to Ferrari seemingly cooling recently.