Christian Horner says Red Bull's hiring from Mercedes' engine unit of chief engineer Phil Prew is another "statement of intent" on the part of Red Bull. Red Bull continues to recruit senior personnel for its Powertrains division which is now up and running at Milton Keynes. Its hiring spree began last year when it recruited former Mercedes head of mechanical engineering Ben Hodgkinson as its new technical director But it achieved recently what many labeled as a major coup when it signed up Prew who, before joining Mercedes in 2016, spent 25 years with McLaren where he engineered Lewis Hamilton's run to his maiden title in F1 in 2008. Read also: Red Bull names new Powertrains unit...
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