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I've just read an article on a french website stating Ferrari would have hired no less than 60 new staff !! Seb Vet comes in with a few mechanics and also engineers, and the team reportedly hired people from almost EVERY team on the grid : lotus, mclaren,williams,mercedes, red bull but also two "big brains" : wolf zimmerman and cedric cornebois, both specialists in engine.
since i didn't find any other website relating this, i wonder if any of you guys know something about this ? 60 is an impressive number, considering that Ferrari is one of the biggest team in terms of employees, i'm kinda concerned about what kind of disruptive effect this might have on the people already in place at maranello.
Forza Ferrari wrote:I've just read an article on a french website stating Ferrari would have hired no less than 60 new staff !! Seb Vet comes in with a few mechanics and also engineers, and the team reportedly hired people from almost EVERY team on the grid : lotus, mclaren,williams,mercedes, red bull but also two "big brains" : wolf zimmerman and cedric cornebois, both specialists in engine.
since i didn't find any other website relating this, i wonder if any of you guys know something about this ? 60 is an impressive number, considering that Ferrari is one of the biggest team in terms of employees, i'm kinda concerned about what kind of disruptive effect this might have on the people already in place at maranello.
what are your thoughts about that ?
They were offering >€50 ph to UK contractors with F1 experience to head over there in the summer, they will probably account for a good few of those 60.
Now while a CAD jockey doesn't bring a specific area of knowledge having plenty of people there who can communicate quickly with the brains and turn ideas into designs with minimal hand holding and redesigns will make the whole operation run much faster.
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since October, Ferrari has signed key personnel from Red Bull, Mercedes and McLaren. "It is no coincidence that many engineers are following Vettel from Red Bull," said correspondent Luigi Perna, "and others have come from Mercedes, Mclaren, Lotus, Williams and Renault."
"Within the racing division at Ferrari, there have been 60 new hirings," added Perna, revealing that one of them is Mercedes hybrid specialist Wolf Zimmermann. And "Cedric Cornebois, an expert in combustion, also comes from Mercedes," Perna said. (GMM)
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"Hamilton was beating Verstappen 7-0, then the ref decided F%$& rules, next goal wins
while also sending off 4 Hamilton players to make it more interesting"
Forza Ferrari wrote:I've just read an article on a french website stating Ferrari would have hired no less than 60 new staff !! Seb Vet comes in with a few mechanics and also engineers, and the team reportedly hired people from almost EVERY team on the grid : lotus, mclaren,williams,mercedes, red bull but also two "big brains" : wolf zimmerman and cedric cornebois, both specialists in engine.
since i didn't find any other website relating this, i wonder if any of you guys know something about this ? 60 is an impressive number, considering that Ferrari is one of the biggest team in terms of employees, i'm kinda concerned about what kind of disruptive effect this might have on the people already in place at maranello.
what are your thoughts about that ?
Disruptive is the right word.
If all those new hires are under the direction of Mattiaci, whom due to primarily lack of experience may not be the sharpest tool in the racing shed, then chances are these "professionals" could be of average value. Why? Heads of respective departments do not want to hire their potential replacements.
You could build a formidable racing team brains out of average people, but you would have to have a near genius mastermind to organize their work. Is there such mastermind at Ferrari?
Does anyone have any incline in where Bob Bell will be next year. I imagine he is the hottest property on the F1-market right now. He was responsible for the chassis and engine integration on the W05 so he knows a lot of secrets that any team in the paddock could really use.
I would love to him at Ferrari so he and Allison can run the show, I would be surprised if they ditch Pat Fry and signed Bob Bell. Also the recent axing at McLaren could be a great fit for Bell. Or will he return to his 'home' at Enstone and help them out with their new Mercedes engine deal. Would love to see Lotus being competitive again.
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kooleracer wrote:Does anyone have any incline in wear Bob Bell will be next year. I imagine he is the hottest property on the F1-market right now. He was responsible for the chassis and engine integration on the W05 so he knows a lot of secrets that any team in the paddock could really use.
I would love to him at Ferrari so he and Allison can run the show, I would be surprised if they ditch Pat Fry and signed Bob Bell. Also the recent axing at McLaren could be a great fit for Bell. Or will he return to his 'home' at Enstone and help them out with their new Mercedes engine deal. Would love to see Lotus being competitive again.
I would love that to happen. It will be good for both him and the team there. Lotus has lost many talents since last year, so having him would be a big plus.
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Staff moving at Mclaren in the last couple of months.
Mclaren recruited two senior designers from Caterham, their head of tyres and their head of model design.
1. Peter Hewson - Tyre Modelling & Performance Team Leader (former Head of Tyres
Caterham F1 Team) - July 2014
2. Stefano Bortesi - Deputy Team Leader Aero Design (former Head of Model Design Caterham F1 Team) - November 2014
they are not the only moves at Mclaren. Between July 2014 - present, Mclaren hired another 6 graduate engineers, and 5 senior engineers outside F1. So, 13 new faces in the last 5 months, maybe even more, I found them only using linkedin.
Apparently, Luca Furbatto Torro Rosso's ex chief designer is coming back to Mclaren. Like Peter Prodromou, Furbatto worked for Mclaren in the past, until 2011.
Source: http://www.grandprix247.com/2014/12/09/ ... t-mclaren/
What I've seen so far, "nearly every" team should know how the cars of their competitors look like. Lotus from RB, RB from McLaren...
So many engineers are switching the camps ... but what I've learned the last 3 years, this seems to be nothing unusual in F1
Thunders wrote:I think mostly Honda. They REALLY want this thing to Work. I wouldn't be surprised if Alonso would be on the List of new team Members soon.
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To Lotus
- Matthieu Chaplot, Deputy Principal Aerodynamicist (former Aerodynamicist), from Audi to Lotus, Jun. 2014
- Gheorghe Ghimpu, Senior Aerodynamic Design Engineer (former Senior Model Design Engineer), from Caterham to Lotus, Oct. 2014
- Matt Tilley, Senior Design Engineer (former Aerodynamic Lead Surfacer), from Caterham to Lotus, Oct. 2014
- Steve Liddle, Principal Aerodynamicist (former Aerodynamicist) from RBR to Lotus, Nov. 2014
To Mercedes
- Mervy Dempsey, Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (former Head of Build and Reliability Engineering), from Caterham to Mercedes, Oct. 2014
- Ricardo Escudero, Aero-Liason Structural Analysis Engineer, from Lotus to Mercedes, Oct. 2014
- Daniel Boddy, Trackside IT Engineer (former Trackside Infrastructure Group Leader), from Lotus to Mercedes, Sep. 2014
- Anthony Abbot, Head of Engineering Software (former Head of Simulation Software), from RBR to Mercedes, Nov. 2014
- Alexander Holyoake, Race Strategy Engineer (former Performance Analyst), from Caterham to Mercedes, Jul. 2014
- Richard Connell, Principal Engineer (former Head of R&D), from Marussia to Mercedes HPP, Nov. 2014
To Others
- Jonathan Dean, Technical Director (former Head of Design Office), from Caterham to H.E., Oct. 20214
- Ingemar Johansson, Senior Project Engineer-Chassis (former Executive Engineer-Chassis Dynamics), from Caterham to LeanNova, Sep. 2014
- Luca Signorini, Structures Engineer (former Senior FEA Engineer), from Caterham to CDG, Aug. 2014
- Mark Thommyppillai, Senior Simulation and Performance Engineer (former Senior Simulation and Simulator Engineer), from Caterham to Toyota, Dec. 2014
- Lander Fernandez, Aero&CAE CAD Supp. Engineer (former Aerodynamics Model Design Engineer), from Caterham to TMETC, Sep. 2014
- John Joe Finn, Senior Project Engineer (former Senior Stress Engineer), from Caterham to Altair, Nov. 2014
- Peter Rawcliffe, Senior Aerodynamicist (former Aerodynamicist/Sub-group Leader), from Caterham to Aston Martin, May 2014
- Scott Herring, Senior Engineering Manager (former Principal Aerodynamicist), from Caterham to Delta Motorsport, Dec. 2014
- Steve Green, Senior Engineer (former Senior Model Designer), from Caterham to Jaguar, Nov. 2014
- Bryan Andreas, Design Engineer (former Head of Hydraulic Design), from Marussia to Ben Ainslie Racing, Nov. 2014
- James East, Owner (former Team Leader-Systems Design), from Marussia to JRE, Nov. 2014
- Matteo Marini, Simulation&Tyre Development Eng.-LMP1 (former Vehicle Performance - Modelling Engineer), from STR to Porsche, Nov. 2014
- Laurent Mekies, Safety Director (former Head of Vehicle Performance), from STR to FIA, Oct. 2014
- Peter Collins, Test&Development Engineer (former Aerodynamicist-Correlation&Performance), from Williams to Jaguar, Aug. 2014
- Fabio Misitano, Senior CAE NVH (former Powertrain Simulation Engineer) from McLaren to Bentley, Jun. 2014
- Angel Fernandez, Structural Engineer (former Senior Stress Engineer), from FI to Boeing, May 2014
To Sauber
- Elisabeth de Sola, Mechanical Engineer (former Mechanical Design Engineer), from Caterham to Sauber, Dec. 2014
To STR
- Joseph Borg, Aerodynamic Systems Engineer (former CFD Software Developer), from FI to STR, Oct. 2014
- Ben Waterhouse, Deputy Technical Director (former Head of Vehicle Performance), from Sauber to STR, Sep. 2014
- Kemlo Longstaff, Senior CFD Aerodynamicist (former Aerodynamic Performance Engineer), from McLaren to STR, Nov. 2014
- Jody Eggington, Head of Vehicle Performance (former Operations Director), from Caterham to STR, Sep. 2014
- Andrew Evangelou, Senior Aerodynamicist, from Caterham to STR
To Williams
- Chris Cockrell, Aerodynamic Concept Designer (former Senior Aerodynamic Designer), from Lotus to Williams, Sep. 2014
To FI
- Bill Peters, Chief of IT (former Head of Group IT), from Caterham to FI, Aug. 2014
- Thomas Mitchell, Aero Designer (former Model Designer), from Caterham to FI, Dec. 2014
To McLaren
- Stefano Bortesi, Deputy Team Leader-Aero Design (former Head of Model Design), from Caterham to McLaren, Nov. 2014
