Rory Byrne will replace John Barnard as the chief designer at Ferrari. The South-African will team-up again with technical director Ross Brawn.
Barnard will continue running the factory in England. His plant will become an in-depended supplier to Ferrari. This has everything to do with the plans Ferrari has to have all it's facilities at their factory in Maranello (Italy)
McLaren motor racing team confirmed plans for a technical 'take-off' on Tuesday when they announced they were forming a five-year partnership with British Aerospace.
The Formula One team said they had agreed to share their technical expertise, particularly for design development, and would work together on a lot of development programs.
British Aerospace is Britain's biggest manufacturing exporter and exported more than 4.5 billion pounds ($7.4 billion) worth of goods in 1995. ($ - 0.611 British Pounds)
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Both Ferrari drivers put some miles on the new 046/2 engine on the
Estoril (Portugal) track without running
into problems. Michael Schumacher set a fastest time of 1m 20.019s (81 laps)
while concentrating on set-up work. Eddie Irvine clocked a time of 1m 21.009s
(72 laps), he simulated a Grand Prix distance.
Damon Hill tested the new Yamaha V10 Spec C engine on the Barcelona circuit.
This engine is to be used in the first Grand Prix in Melbourne on March
9. Hill did 35 laps with a best time of 1m 20.1s.
Johnny Herbert has driven a first test without problems in the new Sauber-Petronas. He clocked
a best time of 1m 02.83 (25 laps) on the Fiorano (Italy) circuit.
Tests