(Video) Ex-Red Bull drivers “gang up” on Adrian Newey’s manager over Aston Martin move

Mark Webber and David Coulthard "gang up" on Eddie Jordan for Adrian Newey's decision to leave Red Bull for Aston Martin.

(Video) Ex-Red Bull drivers “gang up” on Adrian Newey’s manager over Aston Martin move

Mark Webber with David Coulthard and Eddie Jordan(image via X and screenshot via F1forsuccess)

Adrian Newey leaving Red Bull became one of the biggest news in motorsports this year. The design legend had almost spent two decades at the Milton Keynes outfit and was contracted for a few more years.

This saw Aston Martin sign the design wizard, in which Newey’s manager Eddie Jordan is understood to have a special role. Subsequently, former Red Bull drivers Mark Webber and David Coulthard teamed up to blame the ex-team owner for Newey leaving the Austrian outfit.

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Eddie Jordan had been at the forefront of F1 when the Irish businessman used to own a team. He had several close relations with senior motorsport figures and renowned experts, including Adrian Newey. With decades worth of trust between the two personalities, the 76-year-old has seemingly played a role in Newey leaving Red Bull for Aston Martin.

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In his podcast, Jordan explained how Red Bull‘s woes were not only rooted in Sergio Perez but also the imbalance of the RB20 car. In the course of the conversation, both Mark Webber and David Coulthard claimed that Jordan played a role in Newey leaving Red Bull.

Webber opined that Jordan was the catalyst in Newey’s Red Bull exit while Coulthard joked that he cost the Austrian outfit billions with the move.

Ah, I love you two, I knew it would be a gang up.
Eddie Jordan said

Jordan denied all accusations and stated that he had expected the two of them to gang up on him when he invited them to be a part of the podcast. However, a light-hearted atmosphere was maintained throughout the episode as the trio joked around without animosity.

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Adrian Newey explained the risks of driving in F1

While no driver is safe from the risks in F1, the sport has gotten a lot safer over the years. In the early days of racing, there were more than several casualties every race weekend, which has reduced to a few in several seasons.

Adrian Newey and Red Bull's Max Verstappen
Adrian Newey and Max Verstappen (via IMAGO)

Despite such improvements, F1 remains a dangerous sport, Aston Martin-bound Newey opined.

They're horrible, they really are. Because the one at Silverstone is the last one where we thought ‘is he okay? Is he badly hurt in there?’ and then when he did come on the radio because he was so badly wounded he was just grunting and you don't know what that means. He was very sore and had quite nasty concussion, he was very sore for a week after but he was okay.
Adrian Newey said in an interview with High Performance

The 65-year-old asserted crashes to be horrible in nature. He used Max Verstappen‘s collision at the 2021 British GP as an example and revealed the uncertainty that follows after a crash. The questions regarding the driver’s health and the long-term impact cannot be interpreted by seeing the incident through TV screens.

Moreover, the sport has taken quite a few lives over the years, leading FIA to keep striving to make F1 a safer sport and protect drivers and spectators from life-threatening injuries.

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