Newey responds to Horner's 'abandon ship' criticism

In his autobiography, ex-Red Bull boss Christian Horner claims Adrian Newey wanted to abandon ship at first sign of adversity at team in 2014; watch every United States GP session live on Sky Sports F1, with qualifying at 10pm on Saturday and the race at 8pm on Sunday

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Adrian Newey suspects Christian Horner did not "fully understand" his "pain and frustration" during Red Bull's fallow years with Renault engines after criticism of him in the former team principal's new book.

Horner as team principal and Newey as technical chief worked together with huge success across 19 years at Red Bull, enjoying two periods of sustained title-winning form with first Sebastian Vettel in 2010-2013 and then Max Verstappen in 2021-2024.

But between those periods Red Bull took a back seat to Mercedes' dominance of the sport following the arrival of turbo-hybrid engines in 2014.

Source: Sky Sports