Adrian Newey completes slick overtake - but later aquaplanes - at Goodwood
A꧅drian Newey was behind the wheel in very wet condit♏ions
Adrian Newey distracted himself from speculation about his future by r💞eturning to the race track this weekend.
Newey was dr🤪iving at the 2024 Goodwood Revival where he showed off some of his racecraft in terrible conditions.
Driving a Ford GT40, he complꦬeted a perfect overtake and showed real speed dღown the straight.
A smooth ove꧅rtake from🌱 Adrian Newey in the Ford GT40. He just had that bit of extra oomph down the straight.
— Goodwood FOS (@fosgoodwood)
But, later, the wet conditions caused Newey to aquapla♌ne into the gravel trap.
Adrian Newey could barely do anything 🌞as his Ford GT40 aquaplanes into the gravel trap at
— Goodwood FOS (@fosgoodwood)
He was competing in two races, the Whitܫsun Trophy (in a Ford GT40) and the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration (driving a 1963 Jaguar E-type lightweight).
Newey’s skills behind the wheel will soon be overshadowed bꦰy his genius at designing F1 cars.
His future is set to be resolved in the coming da༒ys.
Newey will be unveiled at Aston Martin this week, at the team’s Silverstone HQ, the BBC🃏 report.
The outgoing Red Bull chiꦇef technical officer has selected Aston Martin as his new F1 project, rather than Ferrari, Williams or Alpine.
H♍is signature is a hugely significant moment for the next era of Formula 1.
James was a sꦿports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from🦹 American sports, to football, to F1.
