The Ferrari System 1 workforce has appointed former Mercedes engineer Loic Serra as its new technical director on the chassis facet.
Ferrari had initially poached Serra from Mercedes in the summer of last year, however because of an prolonged gardening interval Serra is but to start out working at Maranello.
As soon as he joins the workforce on 1 October, the Frenchman will grow to be Ferrari’s new chassis technical director, taking on the position vacated by Enrico Cardile in July.
Group boss Fred Vasseur briefly took up the place on an interim foundation earlier than engaged on a technical restructuring, which has now absolutely taken form.
In a press assertion on Thursday, Ferrari outlined its refreshed technical line-up on the chassis facet: “On this new position [Serra] will report on to the workforce principal, Fred Vasseur.
“Serra will due to this fact be answerable for the next departments: Chassis Challenge Engineering, headed up by Fabio Montecchi; Automobile Efficiency, headed up by Marco Adurno; Aerodynamics, headed up by Diego Tondi; Monitor Engineering, headed up by Matteo Togninalli and Chassis Operations, headed up by to Diego Ioverno, who additionally continues within the position of Sporting Director.”
Loic Serra, Ferrari Head of Chassis Efficiency Engineering, Jerome d’Ambrosio, Ferrari Deputy Group Principal
Photograph by: Ferrari
Enrico Gualtieri stays in place an the technical director on the facility unit facet, overseeing the event of its new engines for the 2026 guidelines.
Cardile left Ferrari in July after accepting a senior technical place inside Aston Martin, the place he’ll be part of up with technical director Dan Fellows as soon as his gardening go away interval ends.
It is usually widely expected former Red Bull design guru Adrian Newey will join the Silverstone team as a consultant, with an announcement understood to be imminent.
At Ferrari Serra shall be reunited with seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, who joins the workforce forward of the 2025 season.
The announcement comes within the wake of an upturn in kind for the Scuderia after combating its newest flooring upgrades earlier than the summer time break.
Charles Leclerc took a shock podium at Zandvoort’s Dutch Grand Prix, earlier than gifting Ferrari an emotional win in entrance of its tifosi ultimately weekend’s Italian Grand Prix in Monza.
Regardless of McLaren taking on the mantle from Crimson Bull because the quickest workforce in F1 proper now, Ferrari is sizzling on the heels of each groups within the constructors’ championship, coming to inside 39 factors of chief Crimson Bull and 31 factors behind McLaren.
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