RB, Red Bull’s recently-renamed second Formula 1 team, has announced three major appointments to its technical division.
The team previously known as AlphaTauri has appointed Tim Goss as its chief technical officer for the new season. Besides having almost three decades of experience with McLaren, Goss most recently worked for the FIA.
He joined the motorsport governing body in 2021, originally in the single-seater technical group. Last year Goss was elevated to the role of technical director at the federation.
Goss will report to new team principal Laurent Mekies, who joined them from Ferrari at the beginning of the year. Another new appointment, Guillaume Cattelani, has been named deputy technical director and will report to Jody Egginton, who continues as technical director.
Cattelani previously worked for Red Bull Technology, which supplies parts to both the brand’s F1 teams.
RB has also pulled off a coup by securing the services of Alan Permane, previously the long-serving sporting director of Alpine under that team’s many previous identities, who left his previous position in the middle of last year. He has been named racing director at RB and will report to Mekies.
“After a few months of downtime it’s great to return to racing again,” said Permane. “From long experience, I know how professional, driven and competitive the people within this race team are and I can’t wait to see where that spirit can take the team in the future.”
Mekies said the trio of appointments “add a vast amount of winning expertise to the team, and I have no doubt that they will help take the team to the next level in F1.
“We already have a very strong and hugely experienced group at the team and bringing onboard highly-skilled individuals like Tim, Guillaume and Alan will boost our capability and help us meet the highest technical standards at Visa Cash App RB F1 Team, both at the factory and at the track.”
Red Bull announced the rebranding of its second team last year and said it was “reborn with an expanded mission to battle for the sport’s biggest prizes.”
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