Mercedes was confirmed this Friday as the laureate James Allison will return as Technical Director of his F1 team with immediate effect, replacing Mike Elliott, which at the same time happens to carry out the wider position of Technical Director. All this is a product of the internal reorganization that needs to be carried out Toto Wolff after repeating in 2023 a start as weak as in 2022.
Allison joined Mercedes in 2017 from Ferrari – he previously won for Renault – initially working as Technical Director before becoming Chief Technology Officer four years later, which saw him juggle F1 with other projects such as the INEOS Britannia team. of the America’s Cup. He was responsible for the great successes in the 2014 to 2021 season where they chained all the constructors’ titles and until 2020 the drivers’. He also won driver’s and constructor’s titles at Renault and Ferrari, in a career that began in the early 1990s.
Elliott replaced Allison as technical director in 2021, but major changes to the 2022 “ground effect” regulations also meant a change in the F1 order and Mercedes went from being hegemonic to third place.
In 2023 they hoped to be a direct rival of Red Bull, but they found that Aston Martin, which provides their engines, read their ear as the second in contention. As they work behind the scenes to revamp the W14, Mercedes confirmed on Friday that Allison and Elliott will switch roles.
“Mike has led the review of our technical organization to ensure we have the right structure to achieve sustained success going forward,” a Mercedes spokesman told the championship’s website.
“We are focused on building the best race car and creating the best team to build that car, with everyone playing their best roles in the organization.”
“Mike has become director of technology, because he has a brilliant scientific mind. And James Allison returns to his position as Technical Director, reporting to Mike,” they revealed.
“Mike’s assessment, and the introspection is really impressive, that with James we have a gladiator on the field and the troops will go through fire for him and for him. Mike came to the conclusion that the his way of approaching things, their set of skills, is best used in building the organization for the future: from technical skills to human skills and creating a structure that can be successful within for many years”, lived.
Source: La Verdad
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