“Formula 1’s all-consuming – I’ve been at it for a long time now,” he reflected. “2021 was a really busy year because of the tight battle with Mercedes through the championship and, at the same time, putting all the research and development into the [RB]18, which was the father of this generation of cars.
“There comes a point I think where I just felt, as Forrest Gump said, ‘a little bit tired’.”
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Newey conceded that he had been mulling over the decision for a “little while now”, adding: “I guess [I had been thinking about it] over the winter a little bit and as events have unfolded this year.
“I’m in the very lucky position where I don’t need to work to live. I work because I enjoy it, and I just felt now was a good time to step back and take a bit of a break and take stock of life, go travelling a bit.
“I think with Mandy, my wife, and the dogs, we’ll probably go travelling, get a motorhome or something and go down through France and just enjoy life. Then maybe at some point, I don’t know when, I’ll say, ‘right, this is going to be the next adventure’. But right now there is no plan.”
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