2024 F1 season - General Discussion

[FW17]

Red Bull has two powertrain companies.

As of Dec 2023 one had 439 employees and turnover of 184 million pounds, the other had 166 employees and a turnover of 60 million pounds

Together that is 605 employees and turnover (in 2023) of 244 million pounds (300 million dollars) put together since February 2022

[Cs98]

Red Bull has two powertrain companies.

As of Dec 2023 one had 439 employees and turnover of 184 million pounds, the other had 166 employees and a turnover of 60 million pounds

Together that is 605 employees and turnover (in 2023) of 244 million pounds (300 million dollars) put together since February 2022

Doesn't seem unrealistic at all that 200 of those staff came from HPP given the proximity of the two teams. HPP would've been target #1 for any recruitment drive given they have had top performance historically and there are no re-location issues for staff like there are with Ferrari, Renault, and Honda.

[Espresso]

Shocking that the great Toto allowed 220 of his staff to be poached by Red Bull

Does anyone actually believe that? 220 people out of an organisation of just over 500?

I thinks you mix up the F1 division (under the budget cap) with the engine/power-train divison (under development restrictions). 220 staf out of 1000+ ain’t that crazy if folks can proceed quite reliably within their career.

[purestpurist]

This might be the wrong place, but since Magnussen's risk of a ban is a hot topic: what if the FIA delineated certain offenses as race ban-worthy and one of those would be required to trigger a race ban in conjunction with penalty points received? A driver would have to receive a certain # of penalty points, after which (or along with, if the threshold is reached by such a penalty) the next designated ban penalty triggers a raceban.