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[Saba Sports News] Last week, Red Bull Racing made headlines by announcing that their chief technical officer, Adrian Newey, would depart from the Red Bull Group in the first quarter of 2025. Following this announcement, leaders from various F1 teams seized the opportunity to poke fun at Red Bull Racing. Zak Brown, the head of McLaren, quipped that he had been receiving an increasing number of resumes from Red Bull employees, suggesting a talent drain from the Red Bull Racing Team. Toto Wolff, CEO of the Mercedes F1 team, joined in, claiming that his team had also received resumes from various positions within Red Bull Racing but downplayed their significance, attributing them to a desire for a change in scenery rather than any systemic issue. In response, Christian Horner, head of the Red Bull F1 team, launched a counterattack in a bid to salvage the team’s reputation. Horner asserted that staff movements between teams were commonplace and questioned whether McLaren had also hired Red Bull Team employees. He then took a direct jab at Mercedes, revealing that 220 individuals from Mercedes’ high-performance engine department had defected to Red Bull’s engine division this year. Horner’s retort aimed to shift the focus from a few resumes to the substantial personnel migration between the two teams, challenging Toto’s dismissive stance on the matter.