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Red Bull Racing has confirmed the departure of chief designer Craig Skinner from the team after 20 years, RacingNews365 can confirm.

Skinner's reasons for leaving the team are unknown, but according to RacingNews365's sources, he has decided to leave of his own accord and the departure has nothing to do with a wave of purported other departures in connection with the team in recent days.

Skinner joined Red Bull in 2006 after spells with Jordan and Williams, initially as a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) engineer, before rising to group leader in 2009.

He then became deputy head of aerodynamics, and then chief aerodynamicist in 2018.

In 2022, he was appointed chief designer and was a key architect of the 2023 RB19 machine, the most successful car in F1 history.

At the time of writing, there is no information about Skinner's future plans after leaving the team, nor about who will replace him at the Milton Keynes-based team.

In a statement, Red Bull confirmed Skinner's departure to RacingNews365.

"After 20 years with the team, Craig Skinner, our Chief Designer, will be leaving the Red Bull Technology team," it read.

"Craig has been an integral part of our team and its success, and we would like to thank him for his hard work and commitment.

"The whole Red Bull team wishes him all the best for the future."

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