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Red Bull has announced the signing of Tom McCullough as its future head of racing, creating a new senior role as the Milton Keynes-based team continues to reshape its sporting structure.
McCullough will join Red Bull at the beginning of 2027, following a period of gardening leave from the Aston Martin group. The appointment gives Red Bull an experienced figure with a career spanning Reynard Engineering, Williams and Sauber, as well as more than a decade connected to the Aston Martin organisation.
He joined the team when it was still Force India in 2014, initially taking up the position of chief race engineer. McCullough then rose to become performance director in January 2018, placing him at the centre of Aston Martin’s Formula 1 operations.
His responsibilities changed in January 2025, when he was reassigned from the F1 team to become performance director of Aston Martin Performance Technologies. The move followed poor performances across the second half of 2023 and throughout 2024, according to the source material. He was subsequently announced as leaving the Aston Martin group entirely in August 2026.
Aston Martin’s recent trajectory and its internal changes have also drawn attention, including after Fernando Alonso’s Dutch Grand Prix result revived the team’s hopes.
Red Bull confirmed McCullough’s arrival in a brief statement: “We’re delighted to welcome Tom to the team at the beginning of 2027, and look forward to the wealth of experience and expertise he will bring to the role.”
The signing is the second major recruitment Red Bull has made from another team. Gwen Lagrue has also been brought in from Mercedes as a young driver advisor, highlighting the breadth of the organisation’s current personnel changes.
McCullough’s appointment also comes as Red Bull prepares for life after Gianpiero Lambiase. The head of race engineering and Max Verstappen’s engineer has agreed to join McLaren, with that move expected to take place from the 2028 season.
Other senior departures include chief designer Craig Skinner. As part of the resulting reshuffle, Ben Waterhouse has become chief performance and design engineer, while Andrea Landi has joined from Racing Bulls as head of performance.
McCullough’s new position therefore arrives at a significant moment for Red Bull, with the team adding experience while reorganising several key technical and sporting responsibilities ahead of 2027.
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