organic wrote: ↑01 Aug 2024, 16:23
More key personnel leaving. We knew it was gonna happen when all of that Horner stuff came out. Newey and Wheatley have since left.
We had warnings from the Austria/Dutch contingent of red bull early this season that the team would fracture if Horner stayed. This has happened.
Erik van Haren put out an article a little while back about the (at the time) upcoming Hungary update. It was about how the Hungary update needed to deliver good performance in order to convince Max that red bull is the right team for him. Has that happened?
Let's see what else the summer break brings, but this team is falling apart it's impossible to say otherwise now
Wheatley will take people with him to Audi.
Newey will also recall some people to his new team once that is announced.
That is going to hurt Red Bull further. The reality is that an F1 team cannot take so many hits and stay on top. When you combine this with all of the expenses due to the crashes of Perez, 2025 is going to be a difficult season for them. It is a Mclaren 2012 situation. Their driver eventually left for Mercedes. The similarities are uncanny.
All of this could have been prevented if they simply moved Horner to a different position within the Red Bull chain, away from the team, if he could not be dismissed entirely. Wheatley would have been promoted, Newey might not have left. A lot would be different right now. It is almost surreal to witness it.
A lion must kill its prey.