Red Bull has signed Ben Hodgkinson to be technical director of Red Bull Powertrains, securing his services from Mercedes High Performance Powertrains. Hodgkinson previously worked in WRC and Le Mans before joining what was then Ilmor before it evolved into Mercedes High Performance Powertrains (HPP). After two decades at HPP where he rose to the role of head of engineering, Hodgkinson will move to Red Bull to lead its new power unit company that is being created to take over the Honda technology from 2022 onwards. “I’m extremely excited to be joining Red Bull Powertrains as technical director,” Hodgkinson said. “It was not easy to make the decision to leave HPP after almost 20...
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