Mattia Binotto thinks Red Bull are making too much of a song and dance about recruiting engine staff from Mercedes. The new Red Bull Powertrains operation, which is taking over Honda’s intellectual property to become an in-house engine shop at Milton Keynes from next season, has attracted at least 15 staff from the Mercedes base 30 miles away in Brixworth. Red Bull have announced the names and titles for some of their new employees, headed by Ben Hodgkinson who will become the technical director of the Powertrains project. However, Ferrari team principal Binotto says it is no big deal to be attracting staff from rival manufacturers, citing how the Scuderia have been doing similar and...
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