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As the Red Bull human drama continued to play out, the team confirmed on the eve of the Miami Grand Prix that Adrian Newey, its resident technical genius since 2006, would be leaving at the end of this season.
He turned up at Miami and took his usual perch on the pitwall, but from now on would be outside the loop of any technical development discussions. He might attend the occasional race later in the year, he said, but essentially this is him serving out his gardening leave. He will be free to join