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Adrian Newey

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Adrian Martin Newey (born 26 December 1958) is a British engineer, aerodynamicist, automotive designer and motorsport executive. Since 2025, Newey has served as technical director and co-owner of Aston Martin in Formula One; he previously served as technical director of Leyton House and McLaren, chief designer of March and Williams, and chief technical officer of Red Bull Racing. Widely regarded as one of the greatest engineers in Formula One history, Newey's designs have won 12 World Constructors' Championship titles and 223 Grands Prix between 1991 and 2024. After designing championship-winning Formula One cars for Williams and McLaren, Newey moved to Red Bull Racing in 2006, his cars winning the Formula One drivers' and constructors' championships consecutively from 2010 to 2013, the drivers' championship in 2021, and both championships in 2022 and 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adrian Newey is the 79th most popular engineer (up from 103rd in 2019), the 1,303rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,390th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Adrian Newey ranks 79 out of 389. Before him are Alexander Wienerberger, Viktor Belenko, Marcel Dassault, Walter Dornberger, Józef Bem, and Nikolay Zhukovsky. After him are Gustaf de Laval, Marcel Renault, Kurt Tank, Henri Farman, Henry Royce, and Immanuel Nobel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Adrian Newey ranks 56. Before him are Tom Lister Jr., Janez Janša, Ellen DeGeneres, Jean-Marc Aveline, Scott Hall, and Quique Setién. After him are Madeleine Stowe, Elio de Angelis, Ivo Pogorelić, Lambert Wilson, Sergei Krikalev, and Jean-Claude Hollerich.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Adrian Newey ranks 1,303 out of 8,785. Before him are Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864), Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813), John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316), Sarah Brightman (1960), Janick Gers (1957), and Lord Randolph Churchill (1849). After him are Frances Yates (1899), Ranulph Fiennes (1944), PJ Harvey (1969), Evelyn Waugh (1903), Robert Fludd (1574), and Lee Child (1954).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Adrian Newey ranks 9. Before him are Hertha Ayrton (1854), Godfrey Hounsfield (1919), William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810), John Ambrose Fleming (1849), Colin Chapman (1928), and Charles George Gordon (1833). After him are Henry Royce (1863), Charles Rolls (1877), Patrick Head (1946), Robert Stephenson (1803), George Cayley (1773), and Alexander Cunningham (1814).

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