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Simone Resta has announced he had his final day at Ferrari, with the Italian engineer moving on to Mercedes.
Simone Resta has officially left Ferrari after 23 years with the team and is set to join Mercedes as their strategic development director, though the exact timing of his transition in 2024 is still pending. His move to Mercedes was announced in March following his departure from Haas at the beginning of the year, where he had been working since 2021 to enhance the technical collaboration between Haas and Ferrari. Resta will be working alongside James Allison, Mercedes’ technical director, with whom he previously collaborated at Ferrari from 2013 to 2016. On LinkedIn, Resta expressed gratitude for his lengthy tenure at Ferrari, citing the exceptional talents he encountered and thanking his supporters and fans for their unwavering backing. Resta’s Formula 1 career started in the late 1990s at Minardi and later led him to various roles at Ferrari, including deputy chief design director before his recent stint at Haas and upcoming move to Mercedes.
