Ferrari, closer to the second bomb of the century in F1: possible announcement after Miami

A few months ago, a resident of Maranello told MD that what the Italian team needs to succeed again like in the golden era with Michael Schumacher is a spine like that of that team, “like when Schumacher , Ross Brawn and Jean Todt. It must not have gone astray. Under the command of Frédéric Vasseur, current Team Principal of ‘Scuderia del Cavallino Rampante’something similar could happen with the announced arrival of 7-time world champion Lewis Hamilton as the new red driver from 2025 and the icing on the cake: the signing of engineer Adrian Newey as head of technical direction of the ‘rosso’ team , a move that could become a reality after the Miami GP, according to ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’.

Ferrari-Newey meeting

After the announcement of the arrival of Lewis Hamilton, signing of the century for Ferrari, according to ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’, a more important bomb could arrive to change the course of the team and end its drought (which lasted since the title of Raikkonen in 2007 or the Constructors’ crown in 2008).

According to the prestigious Italian newspaper, the agreement between Newey and Ferrari is close after Fred Vasseur did not travel to Miami on Tuesday with the rest of the Ferrari expedition and traveled to London to meet Newey in person in the afternoon.

An important blow

“The announcement of the signing will probably be made after the Miami GP,” the Italian sports newspaper said. If the arrival of the F1 guru, the creator of Vettel’s champion cars (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) and the main architect of the last 3 consecutive titles achieved by Verstappen, could be more important than Lewis Hamilton.

In F1 the importance of the aerodynamic concept of the car and the performance of the car is, as the drivers themselves say, 80% or 90% of the result they can achieve on the track. And having Adrian Newey in the team is something every driver wants.

The 65-year-old engineer is one of the best car creators in history (if not the best) and synonymous with success, a diversity of thought, capable of bringing innovative ideas to reality such as of those made by the company to dominate so much. Red Bull’s dominance in the last two championships. Adrian found the key to the new 2022 single-seater regulation and since then, Red Bull has been almost out of reach.

Newey could be the most important piece of the puzzle so that Ferrari can once again have a winning car with the arrival of the new regulations in 2026. And it could also represent another element of revolution within the champion team, a Red Bull that has been controversy. It remains to be seen whether Newey’s departure could decide his star driver Max Verstappen, to pack his bags for the start of the new F1 era that will debut in 2026.