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Adrian Newey, who is widely regarded as the greatest F1 car designer of all time, has revealed he was close to joining Ferrari before finally committing to his current project at Red Bull.

"I was very tempted because it's such a legendary brand," Newey told Sky Italy.

"The most tempting period would have been around 1993 and 1997 when I moved from Williams to McLaren.

"It was a very difficult choice. At the time, my children were young and I didn't know how they were going to settle in an Italian school.

"If I were to join a team based in Italy, I would have to move to Italy with the family.

"Now at Red Bull I've been involved more or less from the start, moving teams around is always a huge workload to recover and get working practices, so honestly if I had 20 years younger, maybe."

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F1 LIVE: Mick Schumacher set to replace Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes announcement pending

Adrian Newey, who is widely regarded as the greatest F1 car designer of all time, has revealed he was close to joining Ferrari before finally committing to his current project at Red Bull.

"I was very tempted because it's such a legendary brand," Newey told Sky Italy.

"The most tempting period would have been around 1993 and 1997 when I moved from Williams to McLaren.

"It was a very difficult choice. At the time, my children were young and I didn't know how they were going to settle in an Italian school.

"If I were to join a team based in Italy, I would have to move to Italy with the family.

"Now at Red Bull I've been involved more or less from the start, moving teams around is always a huge workload to recover and get working practices, so honestly if I had 20 years younger, maybe."