Infiniti Red Bull Racing’s top Formula One engineer, Adrian Newey, is being brought further into the Infiniti fold. Though what new projects he might work his magic on have yet to be delineated, something outlandish is to be expected.
Nissan Executive VP Andy Palmer told Top Gear that “Adrian is itching to do something new,” and when asked whether that something new could mean an Infiniti supercar, merely answered, “Watch this space.”
While noncommittal to say the least, the Infiniti-Red Bull deal is one of Palmer’s babies, a deal that saw Nissan’s luxury marque take over title sponsorship of the Red Bull F1 team and rebrand the engines of corporate bedmate Renault. That hasn’t stopped wildfire rumors of an Infiniti supercar borne from its F1 efforts from spreading across the internet.
Of late, Newey has expressed dissatisfaction with F1, saying regulations are threatening to make the series a “glorified GP2″ consisting of identical cars with different sponsors. Newey also recently turned down an $34 million offer to rescue Ferrari’s F1 team from its current state.
Newey is an expert aerodynamicist who was responsible for designing the Red Bull X1 and virtual Red Bull X2014 for the Gran Turismo video game franchise. In the real world, Newey was responsible for the F1 cars that carried Sebastien Vettel to his four-year winning streak from 2010-13.
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