Red Bull head of race strategy Will Courtenay will leave the team after 14 years in the role to join McLaren as sporting director.
Red Bull head of race strategy Will Courtenay has decided to leave the team after 14 years in the role and join McLaren as sporting director.
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella said: “Will’s experience, professionalism and passion for motorsport make him the ideal candidate to lead our sporting function. Courtenay will report to racing director Randeep Singh, with the aim of “helping grow the team’s sporting operations”, said McLaren. McLaren driver Lando Norris is 52 points behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in the drivers’ championship with six races to go, while McLaren lead Red Bull by 41 points in the constructors’ championship.The departures at Red Bull come in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment and coercive, controlling behaviour made against team principal Christian Horner by a female employee.
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