Upgrades aren’t the only changes to be made to Ferrari ahead of the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.
Charles Leclerc will also get a new race engineer.
The F1 team announced two organizational changes on Thursday, starting with the news that Leclerc’s long-time race engineer Xavi Markos will be moving to another role within the team. in a short statementFerrari said: “As of Monday 13th May, Xavi Marcos will be applying the valuable experience he gained as race engineer for a Formula 1 team to the development of another important company.” [programs]”
From Imola next week, Brian Bozzi, who most recently served as Leclerc’s performance engineer, will move into the role. In a second statement the team announced Regarding this organizational change, the following is stated: “…Brian Bozzi, who has worked with the team for 10 years and currently works as Performance Engineer for Charles Leclerc, will take over his race engineer role from next weekend’s Gran Premio del Made In. ” in Italy and Imola, Emilia-Romagna. ”
Bozzi first joined Ferrari in 2012 as a wind tunnel research and development engineer, but was promoted to the team two years later to become aerodynamic track group engineer. He moved into a race engineering role in 2018 and was assigned to work on the Leclerc side of the garage alongside Marcos in 2019.
This is the first time in his career that Bozzi will work directly with drivers as a race engineer.
The change comes as Ferrari, along with McLaren, are looking for any way they can to close the gap to leading Red Bull. Upgrades are part of the story, but team principal Frédéric Vasseur strongly believes that work strategy and ‘performance’ are other tools at the team’s disposal to bridge the gap. including dialogue with the media, SB Nationafter the Miami Grand Prix, Vasseur emphasized those factors.
“And we don’t have to count on that either.” [upgrades] This would be a game changer, but it’s so tight that it can improve performance. The truth is, compared to a year ago, we’ve done a better job, we’ve been able to put everything together, and we’re there. [Red Bull] There’s a little bit of pressure. They need to be a little more aggressive with their strategy,” said Bassour.
“They’re not in the comfort zone anymore like they were last year. Last year it didn’t matter what happened after the second lap, they were in the lead, but I think that’s a game changer in race management. ” Ferrari added. boss. “And this is an opportunity for us because I think if we can take another little step, we’ll be in a position to really compete against them every weekend.”
Will Bozzi’s first stint as a race engineer help improve his performance? We begin to answer that question with just over his week in Imola.
