(GMM) Red Bull Racing confirmed media speculation on Tuesday by admitting that Adrian Newey would switch to the fledgling team from McLaren in 2006.
A statement issued by the Dietrich Mateschitz-owned outfit said that Newey, 46 and technical director at McLaren since 1998, would join Milton-Keynes based Red Bull Racing 'at the end of February'.
He is contracted to the Ron Dennis led team until January.
Newey will take up the role of 'chief technical offer' at Red Bull, in a technical and design team including Mark Smith and Guenther Steiner.
The Briton nearly switched from McLaren to Red Bull's former Ford-owned 'Jaguar' guise in 2001, but the move was legally challenged and he ultimately opted to stay put.
Speculation has lingered for some time that Newey was growing tired of the formula one scene and was considering retirement, or a switch to - for example - America's Cup yacht designing.
''I have been in motor racing since I graduated,'' he recently told the Autosport magazine, ''and ... I don't want to get to 65 only having done motor racing.''
Meanwhile, Midland announced that Markus Winkelhock - 'World Series by Renault' driver and son of former F1 star Manfred Winkelhock - would test for the team at Jerez next month.
Written: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:53:17
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