Red Bull Racing is looking to hire a new senior strategy engineer as the team prepares to bid farewell to McLaren-bound Will Courtenay in F1 2026.

McLaren announced the signing of Courtenay, Red Bull’s long-serving head of strategy, in the aftermath of last year’s Singapore Grand Prix.

Red Bull searching for new strategy chief ahead of Will Courtenay’s move to McLaren

Courtenay, who joined Red Bull ahead of the team’s first season in 2005, is to link up with McLaren in the role of sporting director, reporting to racing director Randeep Singh.

As reported by PlanetF1.com , it emerged in January that McLaren’s attempts to secure an early release for Courtenay had been resisted by Red Bull.

McLaren had reportedly hoped that Courtenay would start work with the team as soon as this year.

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