Red Bull has not denied rumours Ferrari made yet another move to poach Adrian Newey. "We're used to these permanent poaching attempts from both sides," Dr Helmut Marko told the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, referring not just to Ferrari. "Mercedes and Ferrari don't just try to get our top employees; they are trying at every level (of the team)," said Marko. In reality, Red Bull and Ferrari have a more immediate problem even than a tug-of-war over F1's most sought-after and highly paid engineer. At the Circuit de Catalunya, a layout expected to play into the hands of Mercedes' rivals, Lewis Hamilton was a clear second faster than any other qualifying pretender. Not...
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