{"id":455195,"date":"2026-02-05T09:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/455195\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T09:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:36:10","slug":"lewis-hamilton-handed-early-2026-f1-boost-with-key-ferrari-hiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/455195\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton handed early 2026 F1 boost with key Ferrari hiring"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ferrari<\/a> have signed French engineer Guillaume Dezoteux from Racing Bulls ahead of the new F1<\/a> season. <\/p>\n

Dezoteux spent 18 years at Red Bull<\/a>\u2019s junior team as head of vehicle performance but has now taken on a new role at the Scuderia, keen to rebuild after a winless 2025 campaign with Lewis Hamilton<\/a> and Charles Leclerc. <\/p>\n

\u201cToday is the end of my 18-year adventure with the Red Bull family – what a ride!\u201d Dezoteux confirmed on his LinkedIn page. <\/p>\n

\u201cI want to express my sincere gratitude to the team, and I\u2019m wishing them all the best in the upcoming season with the new car and the brand-new power unit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dezoteux will take up the role of Ferrari\u2019s head of performance operations, reporting to head of trackside engineering Matteo Togninalli. <\/p>\n

Dezoteux will also work alongside sporting director Diego Ioverno in a new technical structure, led by ex-Mercedes man Loic Serra, who joined as technical director last year.<\/p>\n

However, Ferrari are yet to announce Hamilton\u2019s new race engineer, with the second pre-season test starting next Wednesday in Bahrain. <\/p>\n

\"FerrariFerrari have signed Guillaume Dezoteux from Racing Bulls (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

McLaren\u2019s Cedric Michel-Grosjean, formerly Oscar Piastri\u2019s performance engineer, is believed to be the frontrunner<\/a> to replace Riccardo Adami, while Hamilton\u2019s own performance engineer Luca Diella is another option.<\/p>\n

Hamilton has also split with his manage<\/a>r Marc Hynes, who has taken on a role at new American team Cadillac<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Hamilton endured the worst season of his 19-year F1 career in 2025, failing to register a grand prix podium and finishing sixth in the world championship. <\/p>\n

The 2026 F1 season starts with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on 8 March. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-455195","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}