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Adrian Newey

1958 - Today

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Adrian Martin Newey (born 26 December 1958) is a British engineer, aerodynamicist, automotive designer and motorsport executive. From 2025 onwards, Newey is set to serve as technical director and co-owner of Aston Martin in Formula One; he previously served as technical director of Leyton House and McLaren, chief designer of March and Williams, and CTO of Red Bull Racing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adrian Newey has received more than 3,193,137 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Adrian Newey is the 103rd most popular engineer (up from 107th in 2019), the 1,390th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,467th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Engineer.

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  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Adrian Newey ranks 103 out of 389. Before him are George Cayley, Vasily Degtyaryov, Hertha Ayrton, Nikolai Polikarpov, Harry Nyquist, and Viktor Kaplan. After him are Henry Darcy, Eupalinos, Carlo Abarth, Stephen Timoshenko, Yevgeny Dragunov, and Robert Stephenson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Adrian Newey ranks 60. Before him are Rabah Madjer, Javier Aguirre, Ghassan Massoud, Sergei Krikalev, Marg Helgenberger, and Sooronbay Jeenbekov. After him are Elio de Angelis, Holly Hunter, Bernardo Arévalo, Éric Zemmour, Oscar Schmidt, and Goran Hadžić.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Adrian Newey ranks 1,390 out of 8,785. Before him are John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1384), Beau Brummell (1778), Peter Mansfield (1933), John Bowring (1792), Hannah Chaplin (1865), and Peter Mayhew (1944). After him are Vidal Sassoon (1928), Victor McLaglen (1886), Pattie Boyd (1944), Edward Frankland (1825), Jimmy Greaves (1940), and William Aiton (1731).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Adrian Newey ranks 12. Before him are Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806), Henry Royce (1863), Charles Rolls (1877), Alexander Cunningham (1814), George Cayley (1773), and Hertha Ayrton (1854). After him are Robert Stephenson (1803), John Bagot Glubb (1897), Patrick Head (1946), William Playfair (1759), John Loudon McAdam (1756), and John Smeaton (1724).

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