Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed that the team's ace designer Adrian Newey is inspired by the 2017 Formula 1 rules and the scope they have for engineering innovation.
Speaking at the launch of Red Bull and Aston Martin's new AM-RB 001 hypercar, Horner told media: "I think he's excited by the regulation change for 2017 so he's splitting his time very much between the two projects."
"Once the Aston Martin project is into a detailed design phase he tends to step back at that point. He's very much about the concept, about the aerodynamics, about the layout of the car. He [Newey] is very heavily involved obviously in the 2017 F1 car as well," confirmed Horner.
It is well known that Newey was no fan of the current rules package, and took a sideways step away from Formula 1 and ploughed time into the hypercar project.
Horner said, "Adrian over the last couple of years has been spending probably about 50% of his time focused on Formula One. We've geared ourselves around utilising his time accordingly."
"I think his time during any week or month varies. It depends what the priorities are. He has a tremendously high work-rate."
"But we have got some enormously capable people on the Formula 1 team that have had that little bit of breathing space as well. They have used that to great effect with for example the current car," explained Horner.
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