Forward of the brand new season, each Ferrari and Crimson Bull are making adjustments behind the scenes.
Lewis Hamilton has parted methods with Marc Hynes (once more), the latter heading to Cadillac.
Associates since their junior days in racing, Hynes – 1997 British System Renault and 1999 British System 3 champion – joined Hamilton’s Challenge 44 administration firm in 2015.
The pair cut up amicably in 2021 earlier than Hynes was introduced again into the fold when Hamilton joined Ferrari.
Hynes exact position at Cadillac has not been confirmed as but, however he’s supervisor to order driver, Guanyu Zhou.
There may be nonetheless no information on who will substitute the seven-time world champion’s race engineer Riccardo Adami following his transfer to move the Maranello outfit’s driver academy and Testing of Earlier Automobiles programme (TPC).
Whereas Charles Leclerc’s engineer, Bryan Bozzi labored with Hamilton final week in Barcelona this was solely a short lived state of affairs, and although it’s unconfirmed former efficiency engineer to Oscar Piastri at McLaren, Cedric Michel-Grosjean (no relation) is tipped to get the job.
One other change to the Hamilton workforce is the departure of Ella Yeboah his press officer at Maranello.
In the meantime, Racing Bulls engineer, Guillaume Dezoteux has headed from Faenza to Maranello.
“Immediately is the top of my 18-year journey with the Crimson Bull household,” he posted on Linkedin. “What a experience!
“I need to specific my honest gratitude to the workforce,” he added, “and I am wishing all of them the perfect within the upcoming season with the brand new automotive and the brand-new energy unit.”
Beforehand Head of Automobile Efficiency at RB, the Frenchman’s exact position at Ferrari has but to be confirmed, although it’s understood he’ll report back to Matteo Togninalli, the Maranello outfit’s Head of Trackside Engineering.
Over at Milton Keynes, the purge of Christian Horner’s ‘outdated guard’ continues, with Joanna Fleet (Head of Human Sources) and Julia George (Director of Partnerships), following Oliver Hughes (Chief Advertising Officer) and Paul Smith (Director of Communications and Social Media) out of the door, together with Group Advertising Director, Simon Smith-Wright, and Senior Communications Supervisor, Alice Hedworth.
