Max Verstappen will go into the new F1 season without his Red Bull chief mechanic, who has moved to a different role. Lee Stevenson, known as Leeroy, is off to pursue a new opportunity, one he said on social media he “couldn’t miss”. Stevenson was one of the team members name-checked by Red Bull team principal Christian Horner for the remarkable repair job on Verstappen’s car after the Dutchman’s crash on the way to the grid at last year’s Hungarian Grand Prix. On a greasy Hungaroring that was drying out after a shower, Verstappen slid into a barrier and damaged his front suspension, driving over a piece of the wing as he headed back onto the circuit. But after arriving back on...
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