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Technical director leaves Red Bull

With Brawn GP having already lost its chief designer, championship rivals Red Bull Racing have now parted company with technical director Geoffrey Willis, who is now available to other teams ahead of the 2010 season.

Willis (left) with Red Bull team principal Christian Horner

With a reshuffling of the Red Bull technical management reportedly leaving no place for Willis, the British engineer - who ironically contributed highly to Red Bull's recent and dominant update package, introduced at Silverstone, and has previously expressed a desire to join the Ferrari team - is now without a contract for next year after team principal Christian Horner told the BBC that his position had become 'redundant'.

Willis has previously worked with the Leyton House operation, working with chief designer Adrian Newey, and both men again worked together at the championship-winning Williams team in the mid-1990s before Willis switched to McLaren in 1997. A move to B.A.R (British American Racing) came in 2001, as Geoff remained with the squad which became Honda in 2006. His move to Red Bull two years ago saw the Willis-Newey partnership reunited.

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