Eddie Jordan has spoken out ab🐼out his surprise role as Adriaꦅn Newey’s manager.

Newey’s statement to confirm his exit as Red Bull technical 💛director included a thankyou to Jordan.

F1 fans were st𒈔unned to learn that the former team owner was still involved in a managerial capacity for the൩ in-demand Newey.

Jordan explained on the Formula For Success podcast: “You have to give some credit to Ian Phillips, who was his team principal in the Leyton House days in ♒the late 80s.

“That’s how ꧒far back I go w꧃ith Adrian. There are some funny stories…

“I was always apprehensive. Adrian is so super clever that I think ‘s𒁃hould I be in the same room as this guy?’

“He thinks dif🤪ferent to me. He lo🎉oks different to me.

“The only thing we have in common is a total and utter l♛ove for music.

“Behind tha꧒t person is a rock star. Glastonbury doesn’t happen without him. The Isle of Wight Festival…

“Any♉time we꧅’re in Cape Town, we always wind up in the same places.

“And, we cycle together.

“Over the years he has said ‘Eddie, I am not happy about this, or I love that, or what about th👍is…ꦆ’

“We go sailing and he says ‘I like this, it’s a nice way of getting downtime from motor racing, it’s drivin♓g me mad…’

“We know how many championships he’s won for drivers and teams. It totals 25. I dare say, th𒐪e way Max Verstappen is going, he will add to that this year.

“I must remind everybody that he’s still part of the Red Bull team, as we speak. He’s still determined t♏hat, when he does leave, it will be a celebration. And so it should be.”

Jordan will, therefore, play a role in Newey’s✅ next move.

Newey will officially depart Red Bull early next year and could take up a role at a new F1 team, giving him time to look at their 2026 car when the late𒁃st regulations kick in.

“He’s currently in England,” Jo😼rdan said. 🧸“I suggest anyone should ring him.

“He has said that when he grew up his father was a vet, but wanted to be an engineer. He retired♍ at 65 and always regretted it.

“I could be ▨wrong. On one side, he’s 66, he’s go🍰t more money than time. He doesn’t need to go down that route.

“I think there’s a🃏nother seaꦓson involved with him, in terms of another contract. That will be him.”

Will Jordan influence Newey?

“My role is very clear,” he said. “I gather the information.꧂ I put it on paper.

“I don’t make my recommendation. He says from time to time: ‘What would you do, if🐎 you ♊were me?’

“I say: ‘This is how I see it, but I may be biased towards you going racing, or 𓄧going rallying around the world’.

“We understand each other’s mentalities.

“Amanda has to be a p🔜art of that configuration. “She might want to continue racing if it’s important to them as a family. Or she might s🌠ay ‘put the dogs on the boat…’

“I have no idea what will actually happen.”

💝Jordan paid tribute to Newey’s excellence at designing F1 cars.

“I say🐈 to him: ‘Adrian, when you have a pencil in your hand and you are l💫ooking at a drawing board, there is nobody your equal’.

“Take the pencil out and you b🌞ecome just the same as the rest of usꦕ.

“I’m serious, he’s a normal guy.

“But insi🐓de th💖at brain there is something really smart going out.

“He consistently ge🐲ts it right. He’s a genius when it comes to evaluating how to take advantage of the rules, how to get the best out of them, how to make sure the team and the car ma🦋ximises every avenue.”