Aerodynamics specialist leaves Red Bull Racing for top job at Alpine

Alpine have completed another signing technical team. Michael Broadhurst makes the move to the French racing stable and will work alongside David Sanchez, as will join the French team from Red Bull Racing.

Broadhurst was with Red Bull Racing as Principal Aerodynamicist. Broadhurst has worked for the Austrian racing stable since 2021 and thus collaborated on the three cars that Max Verstappen became world champion with.

Broadhurst is no stranger to F1. In fact, before Red Bull Racing, he also worked for McLaren, Lotus and BMW Sauber. Broadhurst began his F1 career at BMW Sauber in 2007 as a CFD Engineer. Under that title, he moved to Lotus in 2009, where he worked for seven years. He climbed from CFD Engineer to CFD Teamleader and Principal Aerodynamicist.

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In 2016, Broadhurst switched from Lotus to McLaren. There, he started as Principal Aerodynamicist before taking on the role as Deputy Head of Aerodynamics. In April 2021, Broadhurst left McLaren for a new adventure at Red Bull Racing. There, he worked as Principal Aerodynamicist from day one.

Red Bull Racing inform GPblog that Broadhurst quit the F1 team five months ago. Like Newey, Broadhurst is sitting out his 'gardening leave' at Red Bull Advanced Technology. Broadhurst is still working there until June this year.

In July, Broadhurst will start his new job at Alpine. There, the Briton will become Chief Aerodynamicist, Alpine inform GPblog. Broadhurst will work at Alpine alongside David Sanchez, who was announced earlier this year by the team as its new technical director. Sanchez came over from McLaren, where he left after only a few months.

Broadhurst becomes Chief Aerodynamicist among the technical trio announced earlier. Sanchez is the executive technical director, with a technical director of performance, engineering and aerodynamics below that.