Worrying “take ideas somewhere else” theory touted about Red Bull brain drain

“If you are going somewhere else, you want to take your ne🎀w ideas somewhere else"

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Red Bull’s downturn in performa🍰nce on-track ha꧙s been linked to the multiple high-profile staff exits.

The F1 constructors’ champions have had to deal with🔜 the impending departures of senior figures Adrian Newey (to Aston Mar🎐tin), Jonathan Wheatley and Lee Stevenson (to Audi), and Will Courtney and Rob Marshall (to McLaren).

Their RB20 also declined concerningly in 𓆏its competitiveness as McLaren and Lando Norris established themselves as the fastest car and driver in F1.

Sky Sports’ Danica Patrick has considered whether there is a link to Red Bull’s top experts vacating their jobs and the team’s car lacking in deve🗹lopment.

Patrick said on Sky: “If you take a second look at what has happened𒁃 over this sꦍeason, with all these people leaving. I’m sure they didn’t decide on the day that we figured it out. Probably when Adrian left is when a lot had something to thinking about.

“At that time you stop sharing information.

“If you are𒈔 going somewhere else, 🦂you want to take your new ideas somewhere else.

“There is a period of time where the leaders are not nece☂ssarily leading꧙.

“The others have to figure out who will take the lead, take the charge, bring ideas through 🌸and implement them.

“It’s a process, the turning of the guard. It takes time. That gap🉐 of time is when ev🐼erybody was thinking ‘where am I going to go?’

“There mi🍌ght not have been as much progress during that time. Possibly…”

Red Bull talent 'learned from greats'

However, Jenson Button has backed Christianꦫ Horner to rebuild his senior leadership൲ team with talent from within the Red Bull pool.

“I believe in what Christian said, that they have a lot of t🤡alented people underneath,” Buttꦓon said.

“A lot of their personnel have been there for decades so have learned from the gr🦹eats.

“It takes 𝄹a minute to step into th𒉰eir shoes but it will happen.

“James Vowles to Williams - I was surprised at their decision to take him. But how great has he been? He learned from the great🐓 Toto Wolff.

“It will always happen when a top team wins everything that other teams will try to poach. Because they🔯 will pay them more money and give them a better role within that team.

“It happens. You’ve got to be ready for it.”

James was༒ a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.

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