The Latest Breaking News from Jody Egginton

Racing Bulls technical director Jody Egginton will leave the Formula 1 squad and move to Red Bull Advanced Technologies, the team has announced.

When the Toro Rosso team renamed itself to AlphaTauri, it pledged to become a "sister team" to Formula 1's championship-winning Red Bull team - and this path has progressed with its RB rebrand.

Despite his success in sprints in recent seasons, Verstappen has made it clear that he is not a fan of having an extra shorter event tacked on to the weekend.

The Anglo-Italian team announced three key hires on Monday afternoon as it goes through a significant revamp under incoming team principal Laurent Mekies.

The soon-to-be-renamed squad started last season on the backfoot, with a car that regularly left its drivers battling near the bottom of the midfield pack.

AlphaTauri started the season uncompetitive but launched a barrage of incremental floor updates that brought the AT04 back into the midfield battle. 

AlphaTauri has taken large steps forward in the final third of the 2023 season, with gradual floor upgrades being compounded by taking Red Bull's RB19 rear suspension from Singapore onwards rather than its own design, improving the AT04's stability. Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda scored 16 of AlphaTauri's 21 points…

AlphaTauri has taken large steps forward in the final third of the 2023 season, with gradual floor upgrades being compounded by taking Red Bull's RB19 rear suspension from Singapore onwards rather than its own design, improving the AT04's stability. Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda scored 16 of AlphaTauri's 21 points…

As part of a shake-up at AlphaTauri agreed by its energy drinks owners earlier this year, the squad has been pushed to forge closer ties with Red Bull in a bid to lift its competitive fortunes under a new identity.