{"id":487335,"date":"2026-02-18T06:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/487335\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T06:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:09:16","slug":"red-bull-loses-f1-design-chief-craig-skinner-with-immediate-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/487335\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull loses F1 design chief Craig Skinner with \u2018immediate effect\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRed Bull chief designer (second-from-left) with Red Bull driver Max Verstappen (second-from-right). Image: Getty Images\/Red Bull Content Pool<\/p>\n

Skinner had been a staple at Red Bull since 2006, beginning as a computational fluid dynamics engineer, then head of aerodynamics, and more recently as chief designer.<\/p>\n

Reports indicated Skinner\u2019s departure was of his own volition.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter 20 years with the team, Craig Skinner, our Chief Designer, will be leaving the Red Bull Technology team,\u201d Red Bull said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cCraig has been an integral part of our team and its success, and we would like to thank him for his hard work and commitment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole Red Bull team wishes him all the best for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Skinner\u2019s departure is the latest in a long list of high-profile changes to Red Bull.<\/p>\n

Former Racing Bulls team principal Laurent Mekies took the reins from Christian Horner after he was dumped as Red Bull team principal.<\/p>\n

Aero guru Adrian Newey left Red Bull to join Aston Martin while Helmut Marko parted company from his post as Red Bull\u2019s advisor.<\/p>\n

Former sporting director Jonathan Wheatley left to join Audi as its team principal while former head strategist Will Courtenay left to join McLaren as its sporting director.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n


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