F1 Rumour: Ferrari To Steal Senior Red Bull Engineers Amid Team Turmoil
Rumors suggest that Ferrari is set to bring Red Bull's top engineers and aerodynamic experts into its garage amid the raging turmoil within the Milton Keynes outfit surrounding team principal Christian Horner and advisor Helmut Marko.
Key Takeaways:
- Amid Red Bull's internal turmoil, Ferrari eyes top engineers and aerodynamic experts from the Milton Keynes outfit.
- Helmut Marko confirms his position's security at Red Bull, despite reports of tension within the team contrasting with their on-track success.
- Specific Red Bull members, including Ben Waterhouse, David Morgan, and Alessandro Germani, are targeted by Ferrari, raising concerns about potential talent drain and information leakage to their rival.
Amid speculation of his exit from the team, Marko recently confirmed after a discussion with Red Bull CEO Oliver Mintzlaff that his position within the team is secure. Despite a double 1-2 finish in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, reports from Jeddah suggested a tense atmosphere within the Milton Keynes factory, contrasting with the team's on-track performance.
The upheaval within Red Bull has attracted the attention of rival teams like Ferrari, as reported by Gazzetta.it. This marks Ferrari's second attempt to recruit key members of Red Bull's technical team, following their previous approach to Pierre Wache, Red Bull Racing's technical director, and other key personnel.
Details from Jeddah shed light on specific individuals within Red Bull who have attracted interest from Ferrari. Besides Wache and Enrico Balbo, who were previously contacted, other less popular, but key members have also been approached.
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Ben Waterhouse, the Performance Manager at Red Bull, has been targeted. He oversees the vehicle's dynamics and possesses a deep understanding of adjustments, operations, and internal suspension configurations essential for achieving optimal aerodynamic balance on the RB20.
The second team member who has been approached is David Morgan, the on-track aerodynamic development manager at Red Bull, who has been with the team for over six years. His responsibilities include overseeing the execution and interpretation of aerodynamic correlation data between the track and the simulator and making configuration choices.
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Thirdly, Alessandro Germani has a high chance of moving to Ferrari. The current leader of aerodynamic development at Red Bull has been with the team for nine years. He has ascended through the ranks of the aerodynamic technical staff and is a highly knowledgeable expert in computational aerodynamics (CFD simulations).
If the rumors are accurate, Red Bull may need to rally to maintain its Formula 1 dominance, as the departure of technical experts could potentially result in the leakage of critical information to their closest competitor, Ferrari.