Adrian Newey is the most successful aerodynamicist in F1 history as he has designed some of the most iconic cars. He has won 13 driver's and 12 constructor's championships with three different teams in his time at the pinnacle of motorsport.
As he bids farewell to Red Bull after 19 years with the team, let's have a look at his Top 5 most dominant F1 creations in his storied career:
#1 Adrian Newey's Red Bull RB19
The Red Bull RB19 will go down in F1 folklore as the most dominant car in the sport's history as the team won 21 out of 22 completed races in the 2023 season with a 95.45 win percentage.
Max Verstappen on his own won 19 races, with his teammate Sergio Perez winning the two in Saudi Arabia and Baku earlier in the year.
#2 Red Bull RB18
Adrian Newey showed his might in the 2022 season as F1 introduced its biggest regulation change in 40 years that saw the return of the ground-effect cars that last rain in the early 80s.
Red Bull started the season a bit slow and was involved in a title fight with Ferrari in the first half of the year. But they quickly ran away in the second half, winning 17 out of the 22 races with a 78.2 win percentage.
#3 Williams FW18
The Williams FW18 will forever be remembered as the car that led Damon Hill to his only championship in the 1996 season in his final year with the Grove-based team. Adrian Newey found a unique way of gaining downforce by shortened side pods, and bigger bargeboards to manage the front-wheel wake better.
Not just Hill, but Jacques Villenueve making his debut in the sport also impressed as he took the fight to the Brit and helping the team win 12 out of 16 races, with a 75% win rate.
#4 Red Bull RB9
The Red Bull RB9 will always remain special to the fans of the Austrian team and Sebastian Vettel as before the RB18 and RB19, the RB9 was the benchmark in terms of excellence and dominance in the sport.
The 2013 challenger enabled Vettel to win nine consecutive races and clinch his fourth and final world championship. In the hands of the German, the Adrian Newey-designed beast won 13 our of 19 races with a win rate of 68.4 percentage.
#5 Red Bull RB7
The Red Bull RB7 was the first dominant car in the team's history as they built on the momentum of their double world championship in the 2010 season with another double in the 2011 season.
Sebastian Vettel became the youngest double world champion in the RB7 as he won 11 races with his teammate Mark Webber winning one of his own to take 12 wins in the 19 races at a win percentage of 63.2%.