Serra, formerly the performance director at Mercedes, will tackle the pinnacle of chassis efficiency engineering position at Ferrari on 1 October and can report back to technical chief Enrico Cardile. The information of Serra’s transfer was revealed by Autosport final 12 months.
The Frenchman entered F1 as an engineer for Michelin, earlier than becoming a member of the BMW Sauber operation when the tyre firm left the championship on the finish of 2006.
When BMW withdrew, Serra moved to Mercedes and has remained with the workforce ever since, taking on a collection of auto dynamics roles on the workforce earlier than being promoted to efficiency director.
As revealed by Autosport earlier this 12 months, ex-F1 driver d’Ambrosio also leaves Mercedes to join Ferrari – the place he’s additionally set to begin on 1 October – as deputy workforce principal to Fred Vasseur, thus exiting his position at Brackley as driver growth director.
A driver on the Marussia Virgin Racing workforce in 2011, d’Ambrosio additionally competed in a single race for Lotus in 2012 as a substitute for the banned Romain Grosjean at Monza, along with his reserve position on the workforce.
The Belgian then took a short stint in GT racing earlier than switching to System E for the all-electric championship’s maiden season, driving for Jay Penske’s Dragon outfit.
Jerome d’Ambrosio, Driver Growth Director, Mercedes-AMG, Toto Wolff, Workforce Principal and CEO, Mercedes-AMG, watch the displays
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After 4 years with the American workforce through which he secured two wins, he switched to Mahindra for the beginning of the Gen2 rules in 2018-19. previous to hanging up his helmet on the finish of the 2019-20 season.
He then grew to become deputy workforce principal of the Venturi squad to Susie Wolff, and was promoted to the workforce principal position when Wolff moved upstairs right into a directorial position.
After Maserati entered right into a partnership with the workforce, d’Ambrosio left to hitch Mercedes in a directorial position to work alongside Toto Wolff on the workforce, and with driver growth guru Gwen Lagrue.
It grew to become obvious earlier this 12 months that d’Ambrosio was set for a swap away from Mercedes, regardless of apparently forming a part of Wolff’s succession plan at Mercedes and ceaselessly that includes alongside the Austrian in his customary pit storage perch.
The 2 will reunite with Lewis Hamilton when the seven-time F1 champion joins Ferrari in 2025.