RB F1 Team is set to move the aerodynamics department to its new Milton Keynes-based facility by the end of the 2024 season.
The team’s headquarters will remain in Faenza, Italy, where it was originally founded as Minardi in the 70s.
RB’s new aerodynamics facility will be located next to the Red Bull F1 Team campus, their sister team in the sport.
Speaking with Motorsport.com, RB team principal Laurent Mekies said, “we have not asked any engineers to move to England.”
“Faenza is the historic home of the team and is also a fairly modern facility, which has also enjoyed fairly recent investment. We have very good production tools here and a large part of the design office.
“In Bicester, we have the aero department, concept design and part design office – all in a location chosen to be close to the wind tunnel.
“Fifteen years ago, the team was smaller than it is today, and Bicester made sense. Today, the aero department has tripled in size; we no longer use this tunnel because we have another one, and the location is no longer suitable.
“So, we will leave at the end of the year and move to a new facility in Milton Keynes, next to the Red Bull campus.”
Mekies also said the team would not share information or IP with Red Bull. “The regulations are very clear, it is very well defined that you cannot use the transfer of personnel to bypass the regulations regarding [intellectual property].”
“So, you cannot move a person from team A to team B in order to transfer knowledge.
“Now, in our case, I can say that these transfers were infrequent, but every time there was a transfer we asked the FIA whether the move of a technician or an engineer in a specific role was to be considered in line with what was specified in the regulation, and we always acted only after receiving the OK from the FIA.”