Mercedes and Red Bull have agreed terms on the move from Brackley to Milton Keynes of Ben Hodgkinson, the new technical director of Red Bull Powertrains. The two teams reached an agreement that will see Hodgkinson join Red Bull Powertrains in late May of this year. Red Bull poached Mercedes HPP's head of mechanical engineering early last year. However, while the Briton was expected to move to Milton Keynes after a period of gardening leave, Mercedes used all its legal resources to extend that period and delay Hodgkinson's transfer to Red Bull Powertrains. But on Friday, the two rivals announced in a joint statement that they had come to a settlement regarding Hodgkinson's future. Read...
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