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Ferrari announces new technical team after Cardile leaves for Aston Martin
- Nicole Mulder
Ferrari has announced that Loic Serra, formerly with Mercedes, will start work as chassis technical director from October. In doing so, he will take over from Enrico Cardile, after the technical head left the Italian Formula 1 team to join Aston Martin.
Ferrari announced Serra as Cardile's replacement
Serra joins Ferrari on 1 October and will report directly to team boss Vasseur in his new role. Serra will be responsible for the following departments: Chassis Project Engineering (headed by Fabio Montecchi), Vehicle Performance (headed by Marco Adurno), Aerodynamics (headed by Diego Tondi), Track Engineering (headed by Matteo Togninalli) and Chassis Operations (headed by Diego Ioverno, who will also remain Sporting Director).
Ferrari's full statement reads:
"Scuderia Ferrari HP announces that it has entrusted the role of Technical Director Chassis to Loic Serra. As previously announced, the French engineer, born in 1972, will join the team on 1 October. Loic in this new role will report directly to the Team Principal, Fred Vasseur. Serra will therefore be responsible for the following departments: Chassis Project Engineering, headed up by Fabio Montecchi; Vehicle Performance, headed up by Marco Adurno; Aerodynamics, headed up by Diego Tondi; Track Engineering, headed up by Matteo Togninalli and Chassis Operations, headed up by to Diego Ioverno, who also continues in the role of Sporting Director. The role of Technical Director Power Unit continues to be assigned to Enrico Gualtieri reporting directly to Fred Vasseur."
This article was written in collaboration with Toby Nixon
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