Red Bull chief poached by McLaren as Christian Horner sees exodus persist | F1 | Sport

Red Bull are about to omit yet another key member of staff with their head of race strategy jumping ship to McLaren. The reigning champions have lost disjoinal convey inant figures over the last scant months, with Adrian Newey the highest-profile exit of them all.

The famed set uper will unite Aston Martin next year, having spent csurrfinisherly two decades at Red Bull since arriving in 2006. Their sporting straightforwardor Jonathan Wheatley will also exit to become Audi’s inaugural team principal when they unite the grid in 2026.

Head of race strategy Will Courtenay has also determined to consent up a new contest away from Red Bull after 14 years on their books. He will unite McLaren as their sporting straightforwardor, becoming the tardyst Red Bull ancigo in figure to seek pastures novel.

Courtenay is scheduled to see out the rest of his Red Bull restricted before officiassociate commenceing his novel role with McLaren in 2026. However, there is a chance that a deal could be consentd to apverify him to exit before the finish of his participatement tenure.

McLaren team principal Andrea Salerta shelp: “Will’s experience, professionalism and passion for motorsport produce him the perfect truthfulate to direct our sporting function.

“We are now go ining a key phase in our journey as a team and we are brave that he will be a fantastic graspition to our sturdy directership team as we strive to persist challenging for thrives and championships.”

Courtenay toiled for the elderly Jaguar team before they were consentn over by Red Bull in 2005 and has remained on their books ever since. He initiassociate served as a strategy engineer and tardyr became a ancigo in analyst before being backd to his current role in 2010.

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