Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Friday that German paper BILD says Tom McCullough is being lined up to become Red Bull’s head of race engineering and that he will leave Aston Martin at the end of 2026.
- McCullough has more than a decade of experience with the Silverstone operation through its Force India, Racing Point and Aston Martin phases and was moved off core trackside duties into a performance director role in early 2025.
- The reported role would make McCullough responsible for race‑weekend operational matters and coordination of trackside engineers, a set of duties currently held in part by Gianpiero Lambiase, who has signed with McLaren and is due to join by 2028 if not sooner.
- No team has officially confirmed the hire or published a start date and contract details; reporting leaves open the possibility of gardening‑leave restrictions or a staged handover before any formal move.
- The report fits into a wider Red Bull restructuring following several senior exits and recent hires such as Gwen Lagrue, and it increases short‑term succession pressure on Aston Martin as it loses long‑tenured technical staff.