Add the record Formula 1 drivers’ title hauls of Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton together and you only just surpass the 13 such championships cars designed by Adrian Newey have amassed in his long list of grand prix racing successes. And then there are those 12 constructors' crowns on top. This alone explains the clamour surrounding his Red Bull exit and impending arrival at Aston Martin, announced today.
Adding another title for a fourth F1 squad – Newey’s sixth overall after he started out as a designer for the Fittipaldi team, following his aeronautics and astronautics studies at Southampton University – would cap his storied career.
