Peter Prodromou, one of chief technical officer Adrian Newey’s key lieutenants
on the aerodynamic side, has already been snaffled by McLaren for 2015.
Meanwhile, Briton Alex Lynn has been announced has one of three drivers on the
Red Bull Junior Team for 2014. The 20-year -old, who won the F3 Macau Grand
Prix this year and finished third in European Formula 3, will drive for
Carlin in GP3.
Spaniard Carlos Sainz Jnr, 19, and 17-year-old Frenchman Pierre Gasly are Red
Bull’s two other junior drivers.
Red Bull have a solid track record of developing and promoting young talent,
including quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel and Toro Rosso’s new
teenager Daniil Kvyat.
“I think that it is obviously fantastic to be privileged enough to join
the team that has produced so many Formula One drivers and that includes the
greatest driver of our generation so far,” Lynn said.