Red Bull will replace Hugh Bird, former Czech Pérez engineer

Liam Lawson, who arrived in Pérez to the team, will work with another engineer
Hugh Birdwho was a career engineer Checo Pérez In the team Red Bullhe will not continue in his position in the Pitwall with Liam LawsonNew Zealand pilot who replaces the Mexican.
According to information from the Dutch medium, Of Telegraaf, Richard Wood will take the place of Hugh Bird In the organization. Each pilot has a career engineer, who liages between the pilot and the mechanics to work the order of the car; He is also in communication with the pilot during the competition to give various indications or respond to questioning of the pilot either about the car or the situations on the track, among other various tasks that these engineers do.
Since Checo Pérez It came to Red Bull In 2021 Hugh Bird He dumbbell with the Tapatío, the first two years passed without problems, but the last two the British engineer jumped on the media, especially Mexicans, because of his alleged inefficiency and how this affected Czech’s performance, especially in 2024.
In this same year, AM850 I ask Christian Horner within the framework of Grand Prix of Mexico about Hugh Bird and his work. “I think it’s hard for people to judge it from outside when about 1% know what they really do. The disadvantage is the number of specialists and armchair experts to those who have access, ”he said at a press conference.
Christian Horner praised the work of Hugh Bird in Red Bullwho reached Milton Keynes In 2012: “He is an engineer with a lot of talent and an important part of our team and I think that any criticism of him is unfair,” he emphasized in a press conference. “
Bird will be replaced by Wood, who already took his seat in 2024 when Bird had a free time for paternity. Wood or ‘woody’ as he is known was hired by Red Bull In 2012 as a fellow in the career strategy area and has gone through several positions as an analyst, supporting career, engineer to simulate and since 2021 he is a performance engineer.