Adrian Newey carries some emotional regret over not joining Ferrari

The legendary Formula One designer revealed to the Beyond The Grid podcast that he rejected three approaches from Ferrari at different moments in his career, and he does somewhat regret it.

"[Ferrari approached] in my IndyCar days, which probably doesn't count, then '93 and famously in 2014. The '93 one was very tempting," he said on the podcast.

"I went down, Jean Todt [team boss] had just started. I remember him talking about should he hire Michael [Schumacher] or not. Do you think that was a good idea?"

Asked about Ferrari's approach in 2014, Newey added: "My discussions in 2014 with Ferrari were purely out of frustration. 

"I really didn't want to leave [Red Bull] but we were in this position where Renault hadn't produced a competitive turbo hybrid engine.

"That happens in the first year, OK, new rules. We all make mistakes.

"But we went to see Carlos Ghosn [disgraced former Renault CEO], Christian [Horner], Helmut [Marko] and myself to try to put pressure on him to up the budget.

"Ghosn's reply was 'Well, I have no interest in Formula 1. I'm only in it because my marketing people say I should be. That was such a depressing place to be."

Newey admitted that he does have some regrets about not making the move to Ferrari.

"Emotionally, I guess, to a point. Yes," he added.

"But just as, for instance, working with Fernando and Lewis would have been fabulous. But it never happened. It's just circumstance sometimes, that's the way it is."

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