The ‘moult’ continues in Brackley
Mike Elliott, Loic Serra, Jerome d’Ambrosio, Gioacchino Vino: the list of excellent names who for one reason or another is leaving Mercedes recently continues to get longer. Mike Elliott paid dearly for the errors made in the design phase with the Mercedes W13 and W14, cars which in the first two years of the ground effect era achieved only one victory in Brazil in 2022 (it was a double with George Russell ahead of Lewis Hamilton).
Loic Serra and Jerome d’Ambrosio they were not removed from the team, but said yes to Ferrari’s courtship. Frederic Vasseur last summer defined Serra as a “top guy” on a technical level and from October 1st the Frenchman will coordinate the work of various departments, including Track Engineering, Aero Development, Aero Operations and Vehicle Performance.
Australian Gioacchino ‘Jack’ Vino had been a pillar of the Mercedes aerodynamics department since 2018 (when Enrico Balbo left Mercedes to join Red Bull) and from 2022 he was in charge of aerodynamics. Coinciding with the Imola weekend, the news emerged that Vino will leave Mercedes. As reported by planetf1.com Wine will have to wait six months of gardening leave before settling elsewhere and Joe Saward wrote in his blog that he has an Italianate name from Ferrari, a team that has recently welcomed several members arriving from Brackley.
