Another Mercedes engineer joining Red Bull’s Powertrains division

In brief

Red Bull lure more Mercedes staff

A Mercedes spokesperson said Jones is on a glide path to retirement from HPP, which he is due to complete at the end of the year.

Red Bull has previously announced the hirings of Ben Hodgkinson, Steve Blewett, Omid Mostaghimi, Pip Clode, Steve Brodie and Anton Mayo, all of which have previously worked at HPP. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has previously claimed Red Bull approach 100 of his staff and hired 15.

Breakthrough points could prove “pivotal” – Latifi

“From a team perspective [getting] both cars and the points and the amount of points we got could prove pivotal come the end of the year for the team championship,” said Latifi.

He ran third in the early stages of the race after a first-corner crashed eliminated five of his rivals and left two with damaged cars.

“After the start and everything that happened, being in that position, I kind of knew that this was a race I had to capitalise on because we don’t know if opportunities like that will come up again. So if there’s one track you want an opportunity like that to come to you, it’s definitely Budapest.

“But we took it, we didn’t make mistakes. And it was just amazing.”

Ricciardo’s battles are most memorable after 200 grand prix

Daniel Ricciardo will make his 200th grand prix start this weekend. Although he counts seven wins including a Monaco Grand Prix victory among his achievements, Ricciardo said his battles with rivals such as Fernando Alonso stick out in his mind as the most significant moments.

“The first victory, that’s a day I’ll never forget – June, 8th 2014,” he said. “But I think there’s just moments along the way, even races which didn’t end up being victories or podiums.

“Like I remember 2014 with Alonso in Germany, I battled him for a few laps older tyres and I felt at the time he was just expecting me to let him go and kind of do his race because I wasn’t really in his race. But I thought I’d make a battle out of it.

“And I don’t know if he’ll kind of see that as a point in time, but I felt that was a point in time where I truly gained his respect. So there’s moments along the way which I personally remember which I’m quite happy about.”

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Links

Motor racing links of interest:

Daly: Why Robin Miller mattered (Racer)

"I was a fan before I reached a professional level of motor racing, and I loved going a step deeper – what happened in the middle of the race when one of the drivers fell back, or how on earth did one of the drivers start 24th and finish in the top 10? Who was out-performing their equipment? I loved learning these things, and Robin knew it all."

Seven key moments from season seven (Venturi)

"Ending the season with a combined total of 146 points, season seven was also our most successful in the history of Formula E, as we secured seventh in the teams’ Championship."

Recharged, refreshed and set for Spa (Nicholas Latifi)

"We decided to holiday in Mykonos and just prior to the Hungarian Grand Prix we were talking with George and his girlfriend and realised that we were going to have some overlap. And then Charles happened to be there as well, so we bumped into him too!"

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Comment of the day

Although Max Verstappen has been racing in F1 for seven years, Green Flag raises that he has never really had to stare down a world championship against someone who is very seasoned in that.

Verstappen has never had the pressure or the experience of being close to an F1 championship.

He doesn’t understand what he doesn’t know. But he’s about to find out. Let’s see how he copes, not just with the pressure situation but with the toughest competitor in F1.
<@greenflag

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