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It’s not as if Newey would be departing because of a general malaise within the team, either; this is very much a personal issue based around the Christian Horner controversy regarding the employee who served as PA to both Horner and Newey.
Amanda Newey going "draw me like one of your fast cars" as they sail around the world, I can see it.
Seriously though. Truly seems like the most likely option to me, especially if he still has to finish his contract at RBR and *then* go on gardening leave. But then, I don't know how passionate and physically capable he still feels when it comes to F1 and all of its demands (politics, travel, competition etc.)
So we all know that Tumblr is US-centric. But to what degree? (and can we skew the results of this poll by posting it at a time where they should be asleep?)