Lotus technical director James Allison to leave team

It certainly would be interesting if James Allison went to McLaren and Kimi followed him there to replace Perez. Probably not likely, but an interesting scenario...

 

I read today he is bound for Mercedes.....

 

Poor ol' Sergio!.... He's barely got his seat fitting completed and you want to **** can him already.....

Cheers,
Ian

 

You gotta be joking, surely?

I really was kidding when I said he'd wind up there - Seems they're hiring every technical director that's ever lived!

OK, a decent brain trust is one thing, but this is getting silly! They've already got, what, 3-4 ex technical directors?

Cheers,
Ian

 

Kimi to Ferrari? You are killing me.

 

I read that and was contemplating who on earth would he replace. Surely they could use a few mechanics!!

 

They already can borrow Mclaren's crew if they need it. At least, that is what Hamilton does...

 

It might just be their strategy...just buy out the competition so there will be none on the track. lol.

 

Good one!

 

+1

The only thing better would have been if they'd actually performed the change!

Cheers,
Ian

 

One thing that I didn't quite get is if he can join a team straight away, or if he has to
wait until the end of the year. I guess if this was money driven he may already started
working at the new place.

 

I can't buy it. I have to agree with Ian, that would just be silly. Crazier things have happened?

 

Ferrari has said they are not interested in hiring him.....the list gets shorter

 

McLaren, of course.

They´ve lost their big man to Mercedes recently, and their current car sucks; they need reinforcements, presto.

 

Autosport reporting that he's leaning towards Ferrari.

 

interesting strategy from mercedes. Employ all the TD's from other rival teams so that they own the monopoly on them and can't possibly lose....

 

LdM-----via PlanetF1.com

However, Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo has refuted this.

"I don't know any truth in that," he said. "I must deny it."

He did, however, later add: "We will communicate when there is news to say, but not where there are rumours."

 

Maybe Ferrari is ripping a page out of the MB playbook, snatching up technical directors...seriously though perhaps Allison must have had thoughts about the long-term commitment of "Fauxtus"....

 

From Sawards Blog.

 

Now on Autosport
James Allison closing in on Ferrari move, but no deal yet - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

 

Remember when we heard that about Alonso for years

 

True but If I recall, LdM denied completely the FA move. This time he has not at all denied it. Oh Stefano......start packing???

 

I didn't realize that he previously worked at Ferrari during the Schumacher era..