Max Verstappen's former race engineer at Toro Rosso, Xevi Pujolar, has confirmed he will leave the team.
Pujolar broke the news on the same day it was announced that Verstappen would take up Daniil Kvyat's seat at Red Bull, but it isn't thought that Pujolar will follow the Dutch driver to Milton Keynes as Verstappen will come under race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase.
It's believed the former Jaguar, Hispania and Williams engineer had a falling out with team principal Franz Tost during the Russian Grand Prix weekend. That, combined with reports of tension between Carlos Sainz and Verstappen, has led to a reshuffle of Toro Rosso's engineering department which could see further losses.
Pujolar confirmed the news on Twitter, with Verstappen acknowledging his departure.
I did really enjoy and feel really proud of the work I did with @ToroRossoSpy 👌✌ï¸now time to get ready for the next challenge! Grazie Faenza
— Xevi Pujolar (@xevipujolar) May 5, 2016
@xevipujolar We did a great job together mate. You will come back stronger then ever! 👊ðŸ¼ðŸ’ªðŸ¼
— Max Verstappen (@Max33Verstappen) May 5, 2016
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