The recent reports show that Manor have marked previous Ferrari boss designer Nikolas Tombazis as boss aerodynamicist. Tombazis, sacked by Ferrari following nine years taking after their winless 2014 season, joins the back-of-the-framework team with prompt impact. Tombazis said, “The team has impressive plans and is investing in all the right areas to achieve its on-track ambitions, so I am very much looking forward to being part of that journey,” he said.
“The existing design team is already very strong and I look forward to working with a great group of people to make the most of the opportunities that lie ahead to help us progress through the field over the next few seasons.”
It is the most recent in a progression of changes as Manor attempt to enhance their structure. The team completed rearward in 2015 yet has secured Mercedes engines and enrolled Dave Ryan, who put in 30 years at McLaren, as racing chief.
Manor specialized chief John McQuilliam said Tombazis would “furnish us with the quality to outline and grow reliably aggressive racing cars to control us towards our long haul aspirations”. Manor are still without a team main after the renunciation, toward the end of last season, of author John Booth and Graeme Lowdon, who was the team’s leader and brandishing chief. The team has yet to declare any drivers for 2016.
Indonesian GP2 driver Rio Haryanto has been connected to the team and is accounted for to have secured £10m in maneuvering from the Indonesian government.
Among alternate contenders are previous McLaren driver Kevin Magnussen, who is likewise in the edge to supplant Pastor Maldonado at Renault, and Manor’s 2015 drivers – Englishman Will Stevens, American Alexander Rossi and Spaniard Roberto Merhi.
The team left business as Marussia toward the end of 2014 however was safeguarded by Stephen Fitzpatrick, the boss of the vitality firm Ovo. Technical director John McQuilliam added: “I believe this appointment will help to amplify the efforts of a very talented design team that, in recent years, has not had the opportunity to showcase the full extent of their experience and capabilities. I am confident that, together with our new Mercedes power unit and Williams’s gearbox and technical partnership, our new aero structure will provide us with the strength to design and develop consistently competitive racing cars to help steer us towards our long-term ambitions.”
