As expected the Ferrari Formula one team confirmed today that technical director, Ross Brawn, was leaving the Maranello based squad along with Paolo Martinelli, who was previously in charge of the team’s engine program and is now headed to parent company FIAT.

The changes at the team, which also include C.E.O. Jean Todt taking on, as an interim, the role of Managing Director of the Gestione Sportiva, will come into effect as of the first of next month and will be organised as follows:

• Sporting Director – Stefano Domenicali

• Technical Director – Mario Almondo

Meanwhile, the team’s technical department will be made up of the chassis Department, to be headed up by Aldo Costa, while Gilles Simon will be responsible for the engine Department, with both men reporting to Mario Almondo.

“Ferrari  offers  its  most  heartfelt  thanks  to  Ross  Brawn  and  Paolo  Martinelli  for  their  immense contribution in the drafting of an extraordinary chapter in the history of the Scuderia and motor sport,” the team said in a statement, “which has produced a tally of eleven world titles (six Constructors’ and five Drivers,’ all of these with Michael Schumacher) and of around ninety wins in Formula 1 Grands Prix. After years of hard and demanding  work,  Ross  Brawn  has  decided  to  turn  his  attention  to  his  personal  life,  while  Paolo Martinelli will take on an important role within the FIAT Group: to them go best wishes for a satisfying future.”