A personal review of the F1 year – Ferrari
Ferrari, 5 wins, 2 poles, 3rd in Constructors’ Championship
There are so many ways to look at the story of Ferrari’s 2010 season, but let’s start with the helicopter view, the overview in other words. Ferrari hires Alonso (finally) gives him a winning car and despite a few mistakes he establishes himself as clear number one, takes the chances, wins races and then loses the title at the last round due to a bad mistake on strategy by his team.
Ferrari update: Dyer falls on sword, Martin head of Strategy
Since I posted this morning Ferrari has announced the major changes that team boss Stefano Domenicali hinted at.
According to the team’s website, “Neil Martin takes on the role of heading up the new Operations Research department. A 38 year old Englishman, Martin previously worked for Red Bull and prior to that McLaren and he will now report directly to Technical Director, Aldo Costa.
Ferrari reshuffles engineering staff
Ferrari has announced a restructuring of its race engineering operations in a bid to ensure there is no repeat of the kind of tactical error that cost it the world title in Abu Dhabi last year.
After team principal Stefano Domenicali hinted about changes being made to the team's structure, the Maranello-based outfit announced on Tuesday night that there would be a reshuffling of staff ahead of the 2011 campaign.