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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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‘We’re beyond scraps in the garden now’: the identical twins on opposite sides for Red Bull

Jon Caller (left) and Matt Caller pose in the pitlane prior to the Formula One 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix
Jon Caller (left) joined Red Bull in 2017 after his brother Matt Caller (right), who had been with the team since 2015, recommended him. Photograph: Mark Thompson/Getty Images

When the grid forms for this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix keep an eye out for the crews around the two Red Bull cars. The No 1 mechanic position on each car is occupied by identical twin brothers, Matt and Jon Caller. Two parallel, key roles in each garage held at the same time, in the same team by the pair who previously worked on the world champion Max Verstappen’s car together.

Brothers working in Formula One is not unusual, but identical twins ending up in identical positions across the garage from one another would not have been on anyone’s bingo card. Now 34, Matt was born 30 minutes before Jon. Matt is No 1 mechanic on Verstappen’s car as the Dutchman attempts to seal his fourth consecutive title in Nevada and Jon on teammate Sergio Pérez’s.

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