Things were very different this time around. Ron knew my mind was made up. Even so, my announcement heralded a little more toing and froing, with Ron wanting me to delay announcing my departure (I am told he was hoping to secure key people with my name as bait) and Christian keen to make their announcement for pretty much the same reasons. In the end I was fed up with Ron’s games, so I went back and said, ‘Sorry Ron, I’m afraid it’s going to be announced and I’m not sure I can stop it. Red Bull wish to announce it, that’s that.’ What I didn’t expect was to return to my desk and be told to
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