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Willis departure no major change, says Newey
11 July 2009Adrian Newey has explained that the departure of technical director Geoff Willis from the Red Bull Racing team will result in no significant modifications to the running of the team or indeed its performance, after team principal Christmas Horner revealed on Thursday at Willis' role had become 'vacant'.
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| Geoff Willis leaves Red Bull after two years with the team |
With Willis, who moved to Red Bull from Honda in 2007, now unemployed and likely to be signed by an alternative team, Newey has revealed that his job will be split up and managed by 'four or five' individuals within the Milton Keynes-based group. "My role and my daily way of operating will stay the same, as it is," confirmed technical officer Newey, a key figure behind the race-winning RB5 car driven by Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.
"What does change is that we have four or five very senior people on the next level down and we will be expecting them to take on more responsibility for their departments and run in a way which means that we don't need a single technical director." Those taking on greater duties, therefore, are likely to be personalities such as chief designer Rob Marshall.
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