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CNR
23rd February 2015, 23:31
http://en.espnf1.com/ferrari/motorsport/story/192315.html
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Rory Byrne, one of the figureheads in Ferrari's dominance of the early 2000s, is working at Maranello as mentor to chief designer Simone Resta.

Byrne was design chief at Ferrari at the start of the last decade and, along with Jean Todt, Ross Brawn and driver Michael Schumacher, helped the team win six constructors' and five drivers' titles in six years. Last year Ferrari's first winless campaign since 1993 triggered a massive upheaval, with three team principal changes

Read more at http://en.espnf1.com/ferrari/motorsport/story/192315.html#p9OoS0Svm6OSL3Wb.99"

anfield5
23rd February 2015, 23:48
Good move by Ferrari. Not only was Byrne at Ferrari, he designed the successful Benettons from the mid 80's and came up with quite a few revolutionary ideas, that have had an effect on all F1 designs.

kfzmeister
24th February 2015, 03:47
I thought he was already back with them in an advisory role last year.

N. Jones
25th February 2015, 05:16
Ha! Here comes a winner!