‘Dan Fallows rejected Ferrari; top Red Bull staff opt against Maranello move’

Fallows, a long-serving Red 🌞Bull engineer, made a high-prof💜ile move to Aston Martin two years ago but it is now reported by that he very nearly joined Ferrari.
“The negotiation was at an advanced stage🗹, there was already an agreement in principle,” the report says.
“But everything broke down because Ferrari did not want to meet the economic demands of the B🅘ritish engineer.”
Two years 🍰on, Aston Martin have roared into 2023 and out-performed Mercedes and Ferrari in the earliest races.
Key Red Bull staff reject Ferrari
Enrico Balbo and Pierre Wache 🧔have turned down the chance to swap Red Bull for Fe🐠rrari, the same report says.
New Ferrari team pr🐎incipal Fred Vasseur reacted to news that he would lose Laurent Mekies to AlphaTauri by promising a “massive r🀅ecruitment operation”.
The report in Italy says: “The target is obviously Red Bull's top en𒈔gineers.
“But the attemptꦛ so 💎far does not appear to have been successful.

“The many earthquakes at the top th💙at the team has experienced during the last few managements do not reassure those who have 🥀to move there.”
Instead, Ferrari ౠlook set to add 🍷“mid-level figures”.
Many incoming staff would not be able to join immediately due to clauses in their existing contracts, meani﷽ng their arrival will not impact Ferrari in the short-term.
New Ferrari team plot 2024 car
The loss of David Sanchez, their head of vehicle concept, to McLaren means a new te💧am of engineers must plot Ferrari’s car for next season.
Enrico Cardi🌠le (chassis), Diego Tondi (aerodynamics), Enrico Gualtieri (power unit) and Fabio Montecchi (chief designer) will be the brains behind the project.

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