*UPDATE*
McLaren & RBR have agreed to stop legal proceedings
The Red Bull and McLaren Formula 1 teams have agreed to end their legal dispute over aerodynamicist Dan Fallows.
AUTOSPORT revealed earlier this year that McLaren planned to take Red Bull to court for what it felt was enticing Fallows to break a contract he had with the Woking-based team and instead return to Milton Keynes.
The matter dragged on for several weeks, with neither side willing to back down, but progress was made over the Canadian Grand Prix weekend following talks between Red Bull boss Christian Horner and McLaren Group CEO Ron Dennis.
A deal has now been agreed in principle for the legal action to be dropped.
While neither Red Bull nor McLaren will reveal details of the terms of the settlement, AUTOSPORT understands that it did not involve any financial arrangements.
Instead, it may revolve around McLaren getting hold of former Red Bull aerodynamics chief Peter Prodromou earlier than originally expected.
Front page of autosport. Thoughts? Couple of quotes:
http://www.autosport...t.php/id/113542
Sadly, it's now likely that McLaren will have no alternative other than to pursue a High Court action against Red Bull, which will ask very serious questions as to that team's integrity and sense of fair play," Dennis told AUTOSPORT.
Just days before Fallows' McLaren start date - and despite having signed a legally binding contract with McLaren, being on gardening leave from Red Bull, and moving to a new home near Woking - he suddenly informed us that he no longer wanted to work for us.
The problem was, he had no legal basis on which to make that U-turn because he'd already formally accepted, and contracted himself to, our offer of employment.
"Worse, our attempts to contact him were met with stony silence. The mystery was only solved many weeks later, when he was suddenly announced as Red Bull's head of aero."
Edited by Nicktendo86, 09 June 2014 - 13:30.