Confirmed: Ferrari poaches top engineer from within Red Bull family
Lewis Hamilton - Photo: Ferrari
Ludo van Denderen is a motorsport journalist at GPblog, specializing in Formula 1 and international racing series.
Ferrari has strengthened the team with Guillaume Dezoteux. The Italian will start at the Scuderia as Head of Performance Operations, GPblog understands.
Dezoteux spent no less than eighteen years within the Red Bull family. Over the past two seasons, he worked as Head of Vehicle Performance for Racing Bulls.
In the predecessors of this team, Dezoteux held various roles, such as Chief Engineer and Performance Engineer. For a couple of seasons, he stepped away to work at Michelin.
Photo: Race Pictures
A thank-you to Racing Bulls
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Via LinkedIn, Dezoteux thanked his former colleagues. He calls the eighteen years at Racing Bulls 'what a ride!'. He then wished the team all the success in the world with the new power unit.
On the social media platform, the Italian did not reveal his new role, but GPblog can confirm that it is a position at Ferrari. There, he will become Head of Performance Operations.
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