The Aston Martin Valkyrie was almost a Ferrari. The most extreme road car ever only happened as an effort to keep star Red Bull designer Adrian Newey from going to Ferrari, according to a new interview between Dax Shepard and Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner.
Newey is one of the most successful engineers in Formula One history. Twelve of his cars have won the series' World Constructors' Championship, and he’s acted as a change agent at teams like Williams, McLaren, and Red Bull, pulling struggling teams to the front of the grid with innovative design solutions.