Helmut Marko has shared his understanding that the mood in the Mercedes camp is "tense" following the departure of some key staff.
The Silver Arrows will certainly be losing at least one important member of their team, when James Vowles leaves. The long-serving strategy chief officially starts his new job as team principal of the Williams team on February 20.
Any comments made by Marko on the situation at Mercedes certainly need to be taken with a pinch of salt, given his many years of service to their Red Bull rivals. But the Austrian believes several other staff members will be leaving with Vowles, and that it has caused some "tension".
