And simply 4 months after Oliver Hoffmann moved from head of Audi’s Technical Division to the newly-created place of Normal Consultant, Audi determined to half methods with him, too.
Discussions between Audi and Binotto have been happening for a while now with the Italian – who spent 27 years with Ferrari – eager to discover a path again to System 1 as he had unfinished enterprise.
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After taking a while out he launched into a task with Italian automotive firm TEXA – nonetheless, he saved his eye on F1 and sources say he had talks with Aston Martin, and Alpine, in addition to Audi.
Finally, the German producer’s foray into F1 proved to be precisely the mission he wished – one thing he might construct up from scratch utilizing his close to three many years of expertise at Ferrari, which included having nice success heading the engine division.
Binotto will tackle the newly-created function of Chief Working and Chief Technical Officer, accountable for working the System 1 group, which in idea ought to give him the help to implement his plan.