Former Technical Director expected to be placed on 'gardening leave'
Wednesday 1 April 2015 14:40, UK
Losing Paddy Lowe will be 'gutting' for McLaren, according to Sky Sports F1 pundit Damon Hill.
If, as expected, Lowe does join Mercedes, he could find himself working alongside Ross Brawn, Bob Bell, Aldo Costa and Geoff Willis, all of whom have held the position of Technical Director at various teams. That has led to renewed speculation over the future of Brawn as Team Principal and Hill feels that there will be changes to come. "There was a little bit of a rattled cage from Ross Brawn when the news came out that Paddy might be going to Mercedes so I think there is still some manoeuvring around that will be done in the technical department," the 52-year-old said. "There has been a lot of change, Nikki Lauda has moved in, Norbert Haug has left and there has to be some sort of change of order at Mercedes to make the assets that they are taking on board work properly and produce a winning combination, which after all is what Mercedes are investing an awful lot of money in doing."
