Toto Wolff insists he will be losing no sleep any time soon over Red Bull Powertrains – despite their recruitment drive of Mercedes staff. The Mercedes F1 co-owner and team principal revealed at last week’s Spanish Grand Prix that 15 engine personnel at Brixworth had decided to jump ship to the new Red Bull Powertrains operation 30 miles down the road in Milton Keynes. Red Bull are getting their engine programme up and running for when Honda exit Formula 1 at the end of this year and with Mercedes being the sport’s only other power-unit manufacturer based in England, it made sense to target their workforce. Among the staff they have poached is Ben Hodgkinson, who will be the...
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