David Coulthard has accused Adrian Newey of showing the “middle finger” to Red Bull.
The 65-year-old will continue to work on the Red Bull hypercar - the RB17 - before joining Aston Martin in March 2025.
“I remember sitting with Mario Ilien, who was behind the Mercedes engine, and he was asking about the Renault engine. It really did feel unprofessional and there’s my admission. “Adrian’s a friend. And therefore, when you speak about friends publicly, they may not like it, but there’s my truth,” Coulthard added. “I’ve told you my truth and I didn’t like being in McLaren when I was still under contract at Williams. I expect Carlos will sit with James Vowles and, before the end of the year, he will be downloading, because how can you not?
“I’m going to defend him,” he replied. “First of all, I would say that the arranging of the Adrian Newey release from Red Bull was, for me - and I’m not a young guy anymore - was probably one of the greatest professional, cool things that I’ve ever done. And I say that because most things were covered. It was covered that we reached You did not hear a peep from me until September 6, and that was the date given by Red Bull as to when we could or couldn’t say anything.
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