Red Bull’s Chief Designer QUITS Days Before Australia

S4E6 - Red Bull’s Chief Designer QUITS Days Before Australia

Published: February 17, 2026

Duration: 23:23

Red Bull's chief designer has quit days before F1 2026 begins.


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Craig Skinner, Red Bull's chief designer since the RB18 of 2022, has reportedly left the team just three weeks before the first round of Formula 1 in 2026 begins. Based on recent high level departures, we are programmed to think this is the end of the world...well, is it though? Could Laurent Mekies and the new Red Bull Racing simply be recalibrating to what Formula One has become? A more energy managed formula instead...