Chandhok: “Red Bull needs to stem this brain drain, it needs a big shot”

The ex-driver’s thesis This unexpected pause in F1 was characterized by the formalization of Gianpiero Lambiase’s move from Red Bull to McLaren in 2028 as Chief Racing Officer. Lambiase’s farewell to the Milton Keynes team is the latest in a long series that began with the passage of Rob Marshall to McLaren, Adrian Newey to Aston Martin, Jonathan Wheatley to Audi and many other movements (without obviously forgetting the dismissal of team principal Christian Horner) which have in fact impoverished Red Bull quite a bit. “We are faced with a real brain drain – said Karun Chandhok during the Sky Sports UK podcast dedicated to F1 – Laurent Mekies and the owners in Austria must stem this trend and reverse it by instead trying to bring new staff into Red Bull, perhaps from Mercedes because Mercedes is the reference team in F1 at the moment. Good people attract good people as do those who feel good elsewhere then perhaps are joined by ex-colleagues. Red Bull he has to think about how to be attractive again.” “Red Bull needs a big coup – added the former driver – not only for the skills he can bring, but also for the people he will attract. So he can start rebuilding.” Currently the RB22 is not competitive and is overweight. Miami’s updates could be decisive for the future of technical director Pierre Waché.