Helmut Marko says Mercedes is offering to "double the salary" of key staff to avoid the departures of personnel head hunted by Red Bull Powertrains. Red Bull's new engine department which is in the process of being established has already lured to Milton Keynes six prominent engineers affiliated with Mercedes' HPP engine division in Brixworth, including its head of engineering Ben Hodgkinson who is set to become Red Bull Powertrains' technical director. "Red Bull is a passionate racing team," Marko told Motorsport-Magazin. "Everything housed under the same roof. "Mercedes offers people who come to us double the salary if they stay. We don’t." Red Bull...
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