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Red Bull Racing earlier today released a statement saying Sporting Director Jonathan Wheatley is leavig the team at the end of 2024, as he heads to a new challenge, taking up the role of Team Principal with the Audi F1 Project.

Weirdly enough however Audi has not put out a statement nor answered journalists' queries yet. As Tobi GrΓΌner noted, there is no official comment yet from Hinwil or Germany.

Apparently RBR has a history of doing this as back in the day, Horner told press that Sebastian Vettel would leave the team for Ferrari while the italian team wasnt ready fo announce that yet.

What do you think happened here?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Shithousery is in Red Bulls DNA.

No class whatsoever.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

They also announced Seb going to Ferrari before Seb or Ferrari did.

Just strikes me as petty to your outgoing driver, and petty, perhaps even unsportsmanlike, to your rival team.

I don't know of any other team that's done this, certainly not recently.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Remember that time Alpine signed Oscar?

Oh that's right, they didn't.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I view Alpine screwing with Piastri leading to McLaren taking advantage of it and hiring a great F2 driver to be a very, very different situation.

A driver and senior team person leaving and having RB react in this way is very different to Alpine deciding to be twatty with Piastri then come to regret it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

And so begins the fall of Red Bull Racing. Any bets Max leaves F1 at the end of next year, or shortly thereafter?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Any bets Max leaves F1 at the end of next year, or shortly thereafter?

Toto has the contract printed out and has been trying to facetime Max.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Max I've sent you an email with the diagrams

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If he left at the end of this season who on earth would Red Bull sign as nobody of consequence is available? It would end up being KMag and Checo at this point.

They would be left trying to buy someone out of their contract, very expensive and far from certain to work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think it would actually be the end of RBR in Formula 1.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Buy out a Carlos from Williams? That's a great question. Ferrari, Merc, McLaren have some great succession plans for a main driver leaving. RBR feels like it has Max and only Max

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Autospot op-ed says this is a more significant departure than Newey leaving: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/ben-hunt-red-bull-will-feel-wheatley-loss-more-than-neweys-departure/10641153/

Apparently his departure was rumored since May? My first time hearing about that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I think the rumours where always told to the public as "high ranking RBR personnel sending CVs around". I hadnt read a specific "Wheatley might leave" story either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

If it is true Audi should have been ready, if it isn't they should take some tweeter classes from Oscar.