Ferrari establishes Haas F1 Hub in Maranello

As Ferrari prepares for the challenge of reducing its workforce in response to the introduction of a budget cap, the company is looking to reassign key employees to its customer team.

Ferrari announced earlier this month that Simone Resta, Head of Chassis Technology, would move to Haas in an undefined role. Now the Italian squad has announced that more transfers will be completed soon.

A separate hub factory will be set up near Ferrari’s factory where these employees can work exclusively for Haas.

Mattia Binotto, Ferrari team principal, said: “These people will be in Maranello in a completely separate building from Scuderia Ferrari. They will not have access to the Scuderia Ferrari building. It is separate and they will stay there.”

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Binotto said the relationship with Haas remained on customer terms as before, as he clarified that there was no indication that they were pooling ideas that could be in violation of the regulations.

“For us, they are customers,” he said. “Some of our people will be joining their team and I think this is a great opportunity for them.

“It’s a great opportunity because I think it can strengthen your organization and your technical organization.

“It was something that was necessary for us because we had to reduce our current organization in order to meet the budget cap.

“Even so, Haas is a completely independent team compared to Ferrari. It is not a junior team and we do not exchange information beyond what is possible in the regulation.”

Binotto added that he felt a lot more comfortable moving people to Haas than letting them go completely so they can be picked up by other teams.

“If I have a choice and have to downsize my organization, I’m certainly more happy to know that these people are joining and strengthening the Haas team, rather than just being in the market and being available to other teams.

“That is certainly how we see the cooperation.”