Red Bull's Adrian Newey says team's dominance may end

Adrian Newey is not sure if Red Bull can continue domination

Adrian Newey has admitted that the chances that Red Bull would continue its domination next season are very low.

There are a few rule changes for next season that all the teams have to adapt to, and so everyone would be starting with a clean slate. Newey said that there were too many variables to consider and so he can’t be sure that Red Bull could continue its domination like the past 4 years.

“We might but you don’t know; that’s the thing about rule changes isn’t it?” Newey said. “We’ve had occasions where we have managed to do that, but we’ve got big aerodynamic changes – not as big as 2009 but still very significant – and then we’ve got obviously the engine package which from our side is a very complicated package to install.

“From Renault’s side what is not at all clear at the moment is whether one of the three manufacturers will have a significant benefit over the others. And I think reliability is going to be a big issue at the start of the season as well.”

When he was asked which regulations would cause the biggest influence, he said, “Ultimately the restrictions.

“You have these changes which are exciting and different when you have a big regulation change such as we have for next year. But when you sit down and go through the details it’s actually more and more restrictions; the beam wing is banned next year, the nose is more restricted. The front wing being narrower is not a restriction – it’s just a change – but the nose and the beam wing are without doubt restrictions, and the exhausts of course, most importantly.”