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How McLaren kept Newey

Adrian Newey postponed a long planned 'sabbatical' and opted to stay at McLaren because the team has a new 'harmonious' technical structure. That's the belief of Woking based boss Ron Dennis. Newey, perhaps the most sought after designer/technical director in pitlane, planned to take a long holiday at the end of the year after admitting to F1 burnout. Instead, he'll chug ahead into 2006.

Dennis told Autosport: "I think it is the environmental change we have achieved that has made many people happier. Not only is it working but it is delivering on circuit."

Newey, 46, told Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport that he nearly switched to Jaguar in 2001 because he had started to feel 'empty' and 'unmotivated' at the silver camp.

'CEO F1' Martin Whitmarsh, meanwhile, revealed that McLaren tried to reduce some of the F1 'pressure' that had begun to drain the Englishman.

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