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Despite many decades of involvement in F1, Newey remains at the top of his game and he has most recently helped play a role in Red Bull’s title successes last season.
Aston Martin’s new technical director Dan Fallows worked alongside Newey for many years at Red Bull Racing, and says it was an eye-opening experience for him seeing how he operated.
Fallows reckons that it was Newey’s mindset in not believing that he had the answers to everything that was central to him adapting so well to the changing nature of F1.
“I’m one of the fortunate people to have worked under Adrian and seen his methods,” explained Fallows. “He has a very clear approach to the way he designs and develops a car, particularly from the aerodynamic side of things.
“We’re all aware that it’s a very non-compromise approach, very focused on small details. But I think one of the things that I’ve really enjoyed with him is that he lacks any kind of technical arrogance about him.
“He’s very …