During the days of the Jeddah race weekend, Franz Tost, the head of AlphaTauri, said that he no longer trusted his engineers, and these words were remembered by many. The results of the team last year really left something to be desired and the start of this season can also be called unsuccessful.
At a press conference in Miami, Tost made it clear that the specialist he was talking about is no longer with AlphaTauri, but did not name him. Here are his words: “The person I no longer trusted has left. And the rest, as you can imagine, I trust. They do their job well.”
RacingNews365 writes, citing its own sources, that the team has parted ways with Deacon Blumfort, who previously led the aerodynamics department. He started his Formula 1 career in 2003 with Williams, then spent 12 years with Red Bull Racing before moving to the aerodynamics department of Toro Rosso/AlphaTauri in May 2018.
But about the same time Blamforth left, Indian engineer Guru Jol started working at AlphaTauri – he became deputy chief aerodynamic specialist.
Until March this year he ran the same department at Aston Martin F1, but overall he worked for the team from Silverstone for 8 years. But before that he worked in the aerodynamics department of Red Bull Racing since 2004.
Source: F1 News
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