In May 2023, McLaren confirmed they had signed Marshall from Red Bull as part of their technical restructure following the departure of James Key.Marshall became the team’s new technical director for design and engineering from January 1, 2024 with David Sanchez also joining the team from Ferrari, as technical director for car concept and performance. The experienced Peter Prodromou leads the aerodynamic team.“Rob has been with us for 17 years and has been an instrumental player in the building of Red Bull,” said Horner. “After 17 years he had an offer, a significant offer, from McLaren.“While he still had a period of time on his contract, he was keen to go back into F1, so we came go an agreement with him, negotiated a deal with Zak that worked for everybody.“We did a little thing for him at his last debrief. Usually when someone leaves a team we tell them to f**k off. With Rob it’s a bit different, he’s a good guy. He’s just going onto a new challenge.“It’s a bit like Manchester United. If you look at their team, how it evolved over a period of time, Eric Cantona wasn’t still plMarshall‘s three decades in F1 and his time at Red Bull will only enhance McLaren‘s rise up the grid as excitement continues to build around Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri‘s future title chances.Norris admitted the signings of Marshall and Sanchez gave him a lot of belief back in June 2023 before McLaren‘s incredible charge in the second half of that season.“Just knowledge, expertise. He’s been at Red Bull for many, many years, he’s seen a lot of success with the team,” said Norris when asked what Marshall will bring to McLaren.“He’s been with some of the best minds within Formula 1 and he’s definitely part of that group. So, brains and lap-time I guess is the two big things. He’s a big person, a big signing for us as a team, is a big person, a big signing for us as a team so, I think someone that a lot of people within McLaren will look up to, and respect and so on.“But a good step for us as a team to keep this drive forward, continuing to add
