Former Aston Martin Formula 1 technical director Dan Fallows has been named as the new technical director for Red Bull's second F1 team Racing Bulls.
Fallows will take on the role in April, presumably at the conclusion of his gardening leave from Aston Martin.
He had been a big-name technical recruit for Aston Martin, and his signing in 2021 led to a year long battle with Red Bull over when he would be released.
But Fallows was moved on from his Aston Martin F1 role after just a couple of seasons and then split with the company entirely.
Racing Bulls' new car, the VCARB 03, hit the track for the first time at Imola earlier this week.
Fallows said in the announcement that he's joining at "an exciting time for the team", though it will naturally be a while before a design he has had direct influence on will hit the track.
"Dan has a wealth of experience, and his technical understanding and leadership will be a real asset to the team as we continue to develop and push forward competitively," said team principal Alan Permane.
The Racing Bulls technical director role had been vacant over the last year following the departure of Jody Egginton, who switched to another role within the wider company - becoming engineering director at Red Bull Advanced Technologies.
Fallows famously has extensive history - spanning a decade and a half - at Red Bull, his time as a senior aerodynamics engineer at the team resulting in his subsequent move to Aston Martin.
Racing Bulls confirmed he will report to the team's chief technical officer Tim Goss and "will take responsibility for the overall technical direction of the team, working across design, aerodynamics and performance".
