Formula 1 teams are considering a new ‘gentleman’s agreement’ that could impact the recruitment of personnel. As part of leaving Red Bull, both Adrian Newey and Jonathan Wheatley are obliged to take several months of paid leave before fully joining their new teams. Newey is expected to be joining Aston Martin with an announcement imminent, while Wheatley is going to be leaving Red Bull to become the team principal at Audi. Otherwise known as ‘gardening leave’ the period was introduced into contracts as a way to prevent intellectual property from being carried over, with some teams including se…