Personal Motorsports Activities
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
|---|---|
| Participating years | 2007 |
| Teams | AF Corse |
| Best finish | 22nd (2007) |
| Class wins | 0 |
Adrian Newey is an avid sports car collector and driver, having participated in the Le Mans Legend races for a few years. He destroyed a Ford GT40 while competing in 2006, but escaped with only a cut finger. He later wrecked a Jaguar E-Type at the Goodwood Revival Meeting.
In 2007, he made the move to modern racing, becoming part of the driver line-up in the AF Corse Ferrari F430 for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Newey and co-drivers Ben Aucott and Joe Macari managed to finish 22nd outright, and fourth in class.
To celebrate his Red Bull Racing team's 1-2s in China and Great Britain, Adrian Newey scarified the lawn of Team Principal, Christian Horner by 'donutting' in a Ferrari California.
On 15 June 2010, during the Sony E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo press conference, it was revealed that Newey collaborated as the Chief Technical Officer for the upcoming video game, Gran Turismo 5 for the PlayStation 3. A game trailer showed Newey along with race car driver Sebastian Vettel at the Red Bull Technology building in Great Britain in discussion with Kazunori Yamauchi, a Japanese game designer who is the CEO of Polyphony Digital and creator and producer of the Gran Turismo series. The three's collaboration would later lead to the completion of concept cars Red Bull X2010 and Red Bull X2011 which appeared in that game.
On 2 July 2010, Newey was awarded with his own Red Bull RB5, in regards of his achievements with Red Bull Racing since he joined the team in 2006. Newey first drove the car up the hill at the 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
On 8 August, Newey was involved in an accident whilst taking part in the Ginetta G50 Cup at the Snetterton circuit as a guest driver. He was spun into the path of Tony Hughes, and his car sustained a heavy side-on impact. He was taken to hospital for precautionary checks, but sustained no serious injuries.
Newey was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to motorsport.
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