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 ad💛ditional 12 months foওllowing the end of his contract, which is due to expire at the end of 2025.

It was widely reported on Thursday that the legendary F1 car designer🎉 has decided he wants to leave Red Bull in the wake of the controversy surrounding team p꧃rincipal Christian Horner.

Germany’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, Au🃏tosport reports the situation 𒀰surrounding Newey is “incredibly complex”.

Contractual non-complete clauses are often insertওed ๊into the contracts of senior F1 figures to prevent rivals poaching them easily.

This often leads to spells outside of the paddock - commonly known as gardening leave - which are ob🔯served 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 Ferrari at the end of the year.

However, this does not necessarily prevent the possibไility of Newey being fast-tracked to another t🐼eam.

Indeed, if all parties involved were to reach an agreement, he could𓆉 be bought out of his current con🌺tract.

Given Red Bull would n💧ot want to hand a potential early advanta༺ge to a rival outfit, such a deal would likely come at a lofty cost.

A sabbatical, or even a full-time step away from Fℱ1, have been mooted as other p🌃ossibilities for the 65-year-old.

It is understood thܫat Red Bull have not received a🍷 formal resignation from Newey.

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

Sky Sports News’ Craig Slater reported: "As I unde⭕rstand it, he would have to serve another year of gardening leave were Red Bull to hold him to the full extent of his contract - which would mean he would not be able to work for𝓡 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 made up his mind about what direction hiꦰs future career should take."