He was champion with Max Verstappen at Red Bull and now he wants to be with Fernando Alonso in Aston Martin. This is the ambition of Adrien Neweywhich will start designing the green car from March next year.
And Newey, in the interview with ‘High Performance’, revealed the ability that Verstappen and Alonso share: “diamond vision” to read the races from the inside.
“Reading about the race, Max always fascinates me. Fernando is another one who can do it, it seems that way. able to read the racebut they don’t have all the material in front of them. How do they do it? I don’t know. I know you can see the diamond vision too, and they do it, it’s amazing how drivers can have the diamond vision, look up and see everything,” the 25-time Formula 1 winner explains.
He says that only a privileged few can do it: “I think so, that it is rare, and that Only those at the top can do it.They have a huge mental reserve left, I’m not going to name the drivers, that would be unfair, but it’s quite easy to see.
“And they are the ones who are usually also involved in these accidents and entanglements.and so on, because they just don’t have anything left. “They can drive a car and do a qualifying lap, but I would be blown away if one of these guys could win the championship,” Newey said.
Verstappen at Aston Martin?
This comparison between Verstappen and Alonso coincides with the information that puts the Dutchman in green from 2026. And until Helmut Marko confirmed that this is a real option because “all the pieces fit together” at the moment.
