Red Bull promote F1 star as exit announced

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Red Bull promote F1 star as exit announced

Red Bull's junior F1 team Racing Bulls have lost a key member

Kerry Violet F1 News Editor

F1 editor and journalist covering motorsport since 2024.

Tuesday 11 March 2025 10:54

A key team member of Red Bull's junior Formula 1 team, Racing Bulls, has exited the squad ahead of the 2025 season opener this weekend.

Following the summer break, F1 will return to our screens for the Australian Grand Prix weekend on March 14-16, with a whole host of new faces joining the grid.

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There are six drivers who enter the upcoming campaign in their first full-time race seat in F1, two of which were handed contracts after a Red Bull reshuffle following the 2024 season finale in Abu Dhabi.

Last season, Christian Horner's outfit struggled to retain their dominance in the constructors' standings, which saw them take home both titles in 2022 and 2023, with Sergio Perez frequently failing to perform.

As a result, Red Bull replaced the Mexican racer with Liam Lawson, leaving a seat open at the junior team, Racing Bulls.

Max Verstappen will be joined by Liam Lawson in his first full-time F1 season in 2025

F1 rookie Isack Hadjar has replaced Lawson at Racing Bulls

Racing Bulls confirm technical director exit ahead of Australian GP

The Red Bull junior team head into the 2025 season with last year's F2 runner-up Isack Hadjar after the 20-year-old was promoted up from the feeder series to replace Lawson.

Hadjar will partner Yuki Tsunoda, whose experience with Racing Bulls will prove vital to help his rookie team-mate get to grips with the machinery and demands of F1.

The junior team will be hoping their youthful driver duo can maximise every opportunity for points this season as teams gear up for what could be the most competitive season in over a decade.

However, with just days to go until the first race weekend of the year, Racing Bulls have lost a key team member.

Having worked with Red Bull's junior team for over a decade throughout their many rebrands and name changes, it has been confirmed that Racing Bulls' technical director will exit the team.

Racing Bulls' technical director Jody Egginton is leaving the F1 team at the end of March 2025

Jody Egginton joined the team (known as Toro Rosso at the time) in 2014 as head of vehicle performance, but he moved up the ranks before being promoted to the technical director role in 2019.

After five years in the position, it has now been confirmed that Egginton will leave the full-time F1 role to pursue a promotion within the Red Bull family.

Egginton will move to Red Bull Advanced Technologies on April 1 as their new engineering director, with Racing Bulls appointing chief technical officer Tim Goss, and deputy technical directors Guillaume Cattelani and Andrea Landi to cover the role.

"Being part of this team for over 10 years has been a fantastic experience for me, providing some very memorable moments," Egginton said.

"But after almost 20 years of focusing solely on Formula 1, I feel it’s time for a change."

"I will have a great remit as Engineering Director of Red Bull Advanced Technologies and the company currently has an exciting list of projects, so I can’t wait to get started on this new challenge."

Team principal Laurent Mekies added: "As our long-serving Technical Director, he has been instrumental in driving innovation and fostering team growth.

"I want to thank Jody for his expertise and the important contribution he has made to the team and the company's upward trajectory. We wish him all the best for this new challenge within the Red Bull family."

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Kerry Violet - F1 News Editor

Having graduated from the University of Sheffield with a 2:1 in Journalism in 2022, Kerry continued her pursuit of finding a full-time position in motorsport through work with the F1 Arcade in London, where she got to meet true fans of the sport and make a live grand prix watch party memorable for them. It was here that she confirmed her dream of combining her background in journalism and love of motorsport, going on to volunteer with the female-led platform Empoword Journalism. Having completed stints as a screen editor and sports editor, Kerry landed her first F1-specific editorial role with GPFans and has thoroughly enjoyed continuing to work closely with the sport ever since. The access GPFans offers Kerry has allowed her to interview big names such as Naomi Schiff and David Coulthard and given her experiences she could only have dreamt of as a young F1 fan.

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