Toto Wolff said he 'expected' members of his Mercedes staff would move to Red Bull, as they establish their own engine manufacturing division. The news of Mercedes power unit engineer Ben Hodgkinson moving to the newly-established Red Bull Powertrains caused ructions in the paddock, as one of the key figures behind the Silver Arrows' engines of the turbo hybrid era will move to the team's biggest rivals. But Mercedes' team principal took a pragmatic view of Hodgkinson's departure, saying that these staff changes between teams are all 'part of the competition' in Formula 1. 'Well, I guess it was expected that this would happen,' Wolff told reporters at the Portuguese Grand Prix. 'This is...
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