Christian Horner praised the team's "sign of intention" after pulling another top engineer away from rivals in Mercedes.
Red Bull has recently made a habit of recruiting the best minds from rival his teams. Mercedes and Ferrari lost top talent to the Milton Keynes team.
Chief Power Unit Engineer Phil Prew will leave Mercedes six years later to join the new powertrain division. Brings a wealth of experience from previous careers. One of his previous roles was Lewis Hamilton's race his engineer.
Team principal Horner is particularly pleased about Red Bull's latest staff addition. “We are delighted to have Phil join the team. Power Units.
"I think we have amassed a great deal of strength and depth within our business. It's one of the few significant recent additions to a group of people."
One of Prew's many previous roles was under Horner's right-hand man, Adrian Newey. I saw you work at And Red Bull's chief technical officer's opinion was the key the team boss asked before convincing the Mercedes man to switch allegiance.
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Reuters )"Adrian had known Phil for years, so of course I took his opinion into consideration," Horner added.
Horner spoke positively about the team's powertrain project, following the recent completion of a new staff member. A state-of-the-art facility in Milton Keynes. In Hungary, he told his Sky Sports: It's really taking shape. Milton He sees in Keynes that we have gone from a few units in an industrial park to a technology campus. Investments by the Group are significant. The first engine is due to fire shortly. The learning curve was steep, but they recruited prodigious talent.
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