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

“If you are going somewhere else,𒁃 you want to take your new ideas somewhere else"

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Red Bull’s downturn in performance on-track has been linked to the multiple high💟-profile staff exits.

The F1 constructors’ champions have had to deal with the impending departures o💎f senior figures Adrian Newey (to Aston Martin), Jonathan Wheatley and Lee Stevenson (to Audi), and Will Courtney and Rob Marshall (to McLaren).

T𒊎heir RB20 als💜o declined concerningly in its competitiveness as McLaren and Lando Norris established themselves as the fastest car and driver in F1.

Sky Sports’ Danica Patrick has considered whether t🔯here is a lin🌌k to Red Bull’s top experts vacating their jobs and the team’s car lacking in development.

Patrick said on Sky🌞: “If you take a second look at what has happened over this season, 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 are going somewhere else, you want t♛🔜o take your new ideas somewhere else.

“There is a period of time where the leaders are not necessarᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚily leading.

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

“It’s a process, the turning of the guard. It take✨s time. That gap of time is w𒆙hen everybody was thinking ‘where am I going to go?’

“There might not have been as much progress during that time. ♉Possibly…🐻”

Red Bull talent 'learned from greats'

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

🌳“I believe in what Christian said, that they have a lot of talented people underneath,” Button said♛.

“A lot of their personnel have been there for decades so have lea♍rned from the greats.

“It takes a minute to step into their shoes but it wi♌ll 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.”

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

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