Did Jeremy Clarkson's 'house-hunting' hint reveal Adrian Newey news?

Jeremy Clarkson dropped a hint about Adrian Newey’s potential next F1 career move at the British Grand Prix in July.

Today, Aston Martin have called a press conference at their HQ. The BBC report that they will announce the arrival of Newey.

But while on the grid at Silverstone ahead of the British Grand Prix, the former Top Gear presenter Clarkson told Viaplay TV that Newey, 65, is looking to buy a property in Oxfordshire.

"Do you want an exclusive? I know Adrian Newey is house-hunting in Oxfordshire, not Maranello,” Clarkson told the Dutch presenter.

Clarkson, who now presents The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm on Amazon Prime, went to school with Newey.

Speculation over Newey’s future has only intensified since his departure as Red Bull chief technical officer was announced back in May.

The legendary F1 designer had been heavily linked with a switch to join Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari, but Aston Martin now appear to have won the battle for him.

Autosport have reported that the Silverstone-based outfit recently hosted Newey for a “secret factory visit”.

Newey has remained tight-lipped about his future but has admitted “I’ll need to have made my mind up” by the winter.

Asked what’s next during an interview with Sky Sports, Newey said: “I don’t know. At the moment, I’m just kind of still working on the RB17, our track car, and then just taking some time off.

“Last week actually we took seven days and lucky timing [with] the weather obviously, and went around the south coast with our dogs in an old Aston Martin DB6, and that was great fun.”

While Newey has stepped back from his day-to-day duties with Red Bull, he continues to work on the RB17 hypercar project. 

But today (Tuesday September 10), the news could finally be revealed.