The leading designer of McLaren, Rob Marshall, explained his resolution to leave Red Bull in 2023, revealing that he is satisfied to have left the team “in the right way. “
Marshall had a moment at his first season with McLaren in F1 2024, the team emerges its first manufacturer championship in 26 years.
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri won a general combination of six wins in the season, while McLaren saw Ferrari 14 points, with the reaters champions Red Bull when sliding to a third disappointing.
Marshall’s firm after a remaining Red Bull announced as a main blow for McLaren in 2023, the engineer promoted the role of the leading designer in a while after starting to paint with the team at the beginning of starting last year.
Since then, the launch of Marshall has been followed through Adrian Newey, who starts running with Aston Martin in March after joining Red Bull in 2006.
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The sports director for a long time, Jonathan Wheatley, is also in a position to leave Red Bull, after being appointed for the position of the Audi F1 team director last year.
Wheatley is expected to begin its new position with the Sauber team in April.
McLaren added that the head of Red Bull will be Courtenay’s strategy in his ranks, designating him for the role of the sports director.
However, Courtnay is not attached with McLaren before F1 2026 in the middle of the reports according to which Red Bull has no interest in negotiating an early release, which means that it is probably to pass the entire Crusade of F1 2025 at the opposite festival To McLaren.
Marshall revealed that the offer to register in McLaren came to life was “a bit too comfortable” and “too easy” from Red Bull.
And he relieves himself from Red Bull from the “good” form, with the last triumph of Max Verstappen in F1 2024 demonstrating that Milton Keynes’s possession “can handle it. “
He told Gpblog: “From the point of view, [McLaren] asked me at the right time.
“I at a point where I told myself:” If I don’t move to another team now, I’m probably there forever. “
“I was satisfied to be there forever. I enjoyed my network in Red Bull, it was a wonderful position to work. But then you get to the stadium where you are outdated, you are in denial. “
“I think I discovered things too easy, too comfortable. You knew everyone, you had to do everything. It’s a bit soft.
“And I think, well, five, six, seven years, I would be happier, then I retire.
“And then the phone sounds saying:” Are you going to go? “
“And you are about to say:” No. “And for any reason, you can’t.
“Because at that time, you spend a kind of:” I’m joking, I think it’s probably time to leave. “
“And at that moment, you pass. If there is doubt, you pass there.
“I don’t think you can happen. If it’s an idea about it for a long time and hard. If you are thinking for a long time to pass, then you left.
”Now I’m absolutely glad I went and I’m really happy that I left Red Bull the right way.
“He would like to think that no one needs to be essential, but they have obviously been handled without me, which is wonderful for them.
“You don’t need to go anywhere in shipment.
“I have an idea that I had a very intelligent career there, I enjoyed and appreciate, in McLaren.
“I think I appreciate it both here now my first year and in the first years Red Bull, which was the funny part. “
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Andrea Stella, director of the McLaren team, recently paid tribute to having an effect on Marshall on her new employers, admitting that the former bull had exceeded expectations.
He said at Motorsport. com: “Rob arrived here with a multitude of experience, wisdom from a technical point of view, with a reputation from this point of view.
“I will have to say that, when I executed with him, I myself, the other technical directors, the total technical team, if we were even more inspired than we expected.
“Due to those qualities, such as the wisdom of how you design a car, especially from a design point of view.
“This is very 2025 and will be very for 2026.
“I said it was an intelligent concept to make Rob, because he does all the paintings in terms of design for ’25, 26 and we lost this type of paper in McLaren before.
“In addition to that, Rob brings human qualities, a very positive person. Everyone likes to paint with him. It is complete of energy.
“You can see it in the garage and it is a mendacity under the car on the ground.
“Everyone appreciates their wisdom and experience.
“But at the same time, his hands and even his head are dirty because he was with his hands in the games.
“This is that we have lost ourselves before and we are satisfied that we now have it on paper. “
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