Red Bull has confirmed reports Adrian Newey is staying with the team beyond 2014.
Earlier on Sunday, it was reported that the reigning champion team had devised a cunning plan to keep the highly sought-after engineer out of the clutches of its big-paying key rivals.
Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport said Red Bull is building a new technology centre near its F1 factory in Milton-Keynes, where new and innovative technical projects will be born — with none other than Newey in charge.
Reportedly, the projects will range from innovative road cars to aircraft, “with the secret hope that someday he will miss competition and crawl back to F1”, said correspondent Michael Schmidt.