Unclear future and F1 exit on the cards for departing Haas technical director Simone Resta

Simone Resta could be facing an exit from Formula 1 after leaving Haas.

Resta left his job as Haas’ technical dﷺirector just hours before team principal Guenther Steiner followed him out of the door.

His exit has n🐻ow been explained as the expiration of a loan arra𝄹ngement, at the end of 2023, between Ferrari and Haas, report.

That means Resta 🌸has now gone back to Ferrari but he no longer has an obvious role to pl♏ay.

He will not work in Ferrari’s F1 division, it s reported.

Ferrari also have their road car business and a sportscar programme which also operate from Maranelജlo, so they are pote💧ntial landing spots for Resta.

He worked as Ferrari F1’s chief designer between 2014 and 2018ꦡ🌃.

Resta then led Alfa Romeo’s technical department, befo♌re joining Haas as their technical director on a loan agreement from Ferrari in 2021.

A disagreement with teaജm🌠 owner Gene Haas may have also been behind Resta’s exit from Haas, it had been reported.

But he now has no clear job to move into.

An💦d although Haas have replaced team principal Steiner with Ayao Komatsu, they have not yet replaced Resta.

So with just over a month to go until pre🌳season testiඣng begins in Bahrain on February 21, Haas must appoint a technical director.

They also seek a Chief Operating Officer to look after HR, admi♋n, finance, marketing and communications.

It appears to be a major upheaval at Haas, who finished bottom of the 2023 🐷F1 construc🐻tors’ championship.

But the wording of owner Gene Haas’ state💝ment, when replacing Steiner with Komatsu, was perhaps telling.

Despite the business savvy of Steiner of build and maintain an F1 team, Haas now want engineering expertise to drive them forw🌸ards.

They clearly hope that Komatsu can offer theꦰm superior knowledge in developing their car, which is expected to follow a similar concept to Red Bull’s last year, when it is unveiled for the upcoming season.

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