Born on Boxing Day in 1958, Adrian Newey became a highly-regarded figure in F1. After leaving Red Bull Racing, the British master designer’s fifth team will be Aston Martin, in his Formula 1 career that dates back to 1988. Since then, other than at his first team, Leyton House, he has won a drivers’ and a constructors’ title with all of them. But how long did it take until the engineer could improve and succeed with his teams?