Mercedes to announce capture of two engineers Mark Ellis and Giles Wood from rivals Red Bull Mark Ellis, who will join the Brackley team in June as performance director, and Giles Wood, who will take up the role of chief engineer, simulation and development, are the latest in what is starting to look like a minor case of brain drain from the reigning world champions. Both Ellis's and Wood's roles have been newly-created by Mercedes and represent the first major signings in the post-Brawn era, which is being spearheaded by the executive directors, Toto Wolff and Paddy Lowe, following Brawn's decision to take a year off to "go fishing." One of the most successful figures in Formula One history, Brawn said last week that he would take six months before reviewing his options. McLaren's non-executive chairman, Ron Dennis, revealed that he had spoken to Brawn informally at a shoot about the possibility of joining the Woking team. Roles at Williams and the governing body, the FIA, have also been mooted. Meanwhile, British driver Alex Lynn has been announced as one of three drivers on the Red Bull Junior Team for 2014. The 20-year-old, who won the F3 Macau Grand Prix this year and finished third in European Formula 3, will drive for Carlin in GP3. Red Bull have a track record of developing and promoting young talent, including quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel. "It is obviously fantastic to be privileged enough to join the team that has produced so many Formula One drivers and that includes the greatest driver of our generation so far," Lynn said.