🏎️ Aston Martin approaches Adrian Newey

In this week’s email:

• Aston Martin approaches Adrian Newey 💰

• Average Qualifying Position in 2024📊

• F1 Liberty Group acquires MotoGP 🤝

• Lawson willing to leave Red Bull ✌️

Aston Martin approaches Adrian Newey 💰

Red Bull Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey has been approached by Aston Martin this past weekend. Offering Newey a multimillion-dollar offer to try and lure him away from Red Bull.

Newey has been with Red Bull since 2005 and is one of the main driving forces as to how Red Bull won with Sebastian Vetttel and Max Verstappen.

His contract lasts until 2026 and the offer would put Newey’s salary similar to the top F1 drivers.

Average Qualifying Position in 2024📊

• Verstappen - 1

• Leclerc - 2.7

• Sainz - 3

• Perez - 4.7

• Norris - 5.3

• Russell - 5.7

• Piastri - 6

• Alonso - 6.7

• Hamilton - 9.3

• Tsunoda - 9.3

• Stroll - 10.3

One underrated driver that is in the top 10 is Yuki Tsunoda from CashApp RB who at the moment is current ranked nineth in qualifying position.

F1 Liberty Group acquires MotoGP 🤝

F1 Liberty Media has purchased MotoGP worth $4.2B.

Liberty, who has owned F1 since 2017, will take an 86 per cent stake of the motorbike racing series’ with the current management retaining the other 14 percent.

Moto GP is the highest class of motorbike racing and has grown to comprise 22 races across 18 countries in the 2024 season.

Greg Maffei, Liberty Media President stated, “We are thrilled to expand our portfolio of leading live sprots and entertainment assets with the acquisition of MotoGP”.

Lawson willing to leave Red Bull ✌️

Last season Liam Lawson became a substitute driver for Daniel Ricciardo after his hand injury. Highlighting his potential and questioning if Lawson should have had a spot in F1 for the 2024 season.

Speculations about Lawson's F1 future were stirred by comments from Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko, who suggested that Lawson would secure a spot on the grid "no later than in 2025", possibly replacing Tsunoda or Ricciardo based on their performances.

Liam Lawson recently has talked about potentially signing with another team stating, "My dream is to be in Formula 1, and if it can’t be with them, then obviously, I need to try and make that happen with somebody else”.