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Rumours going around, awaiting confirmation that Max's race engineer, GP has signed to join Mclaren in 2028 as TP, Stella meant to be leaving.
Possibly confirms Max leaving the sport.
 
sidimmu said:
Rumours going around, awaiting confirmation that Max's race engineer, GP has signed to join Mclaren in 2028 as TP, Stella meant to be leaving.
Possibly confirms Max leaving the sport.
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I guess the media must be getting bored in this enforced lull. Would be interesting but Stella leaving Mclaren and GP having the credentials to be a TPis a strange one.
 
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sidimmu said:
Rumours going around, awaiting confirmation that Max's race engineer, GP has signed to join Mclaren in 2028 as TP, Stella meant to be leaving.
Possibly confirms Max leaving the sport.
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I read that Stella would probably head McLaren Racing Group, so go up a level, and GP takes over TP role.
 
So does that mean he's now on gardening leave, how does it work? Didn't think he would be free to sign for another team and continue working at RB :confused:

People talking like this definitely means Verstappen will leave F1 but I don't think so...
 
Scam said:
So does that mean he's now on gardening leave, how does it work? Didn't think he would be free to sign for another team and continue working at RB :confused:

People talking like this definitely means Verstappen will leave F1 but I don't think so...
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I don't see why Max would leave Red Bull at all just because GP has left the team, however Max did reveal after winning his first WC in 2021 he would no longer drive in F1 if Lambiase was not his engineer.
Long time ago though.
I would have thought yes gardening leave for a few months.
 
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cuke2u said:
I don't see why Max would leave Red Bull at all just because GP has left the team, however Max did reveal after winning his first WC in 2021 he would no longer drive in F1 if Lambiase was not his engineer.
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Max had already been talking about leaving due to not liking the current cars/ruleset, so JP moving potentially could just be the final straw, but I doubt it.
 
Armageus said:
Max had already been talking about leaving due to not liking the current cars/ruleset, so JP moving potentially could just be the final straw, but I doubt it.
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It could be I guess and I was actually going to add that to my post but we'll see what happens..
 
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Scam said:
So does that mean he's now on gardening leave, how does it work? Didn't think he would be free to sign for another team and continue working at RB :confused:
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Of course he's free to sign for another team. It's just a long notice period. He'll be progressively cut out of future planning, and put on gardening leave eventually but it won't be immediate.
 
I'd have thought he'd be working until mid-2027, then gardening leave to avoid him gaining knowledge of any 2028 developments?
 
Dr Jack said:
Of course he's free to sign for another team. It's just a long notice period. He'll be progressively cut out of future planning, and put on gardening leave eventually but it won't be immediate.
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I meant I’d be surprised if RB would want him around at all once signed for a competitor.
 
Scam said:
I meant I’d be surprised if RB would want him around at all once signed for a competitor.
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Why? It's the same as any other person including when Drivers have signed for Rival Teams - you don't just remove them as soon as they announce there future plans. You can however wind down their involvement in technical briefings, particularly those relating to future development.
 
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