Veteran engineer and designer Willy Rampf (pictured) will leave the BMW-Sauber Formula 1 team and will be replaced by James Kay who has just left the Force India outfit.
In April, BMW Sauber F1 Team’s Technical Director Willy Rampf, aged 56 will hand over to Englishman James Key, who takes up his new position on 1st of April.
Willy Rampf will be leaving the team at the end of April.
"The first time I saw the facilities in Hinwil, I knew straightaway the kind of opportunities open to me there," says Key in a team press release.
"The wind tunnel, the supercomputer, the machine park and the expertise of the team were extremely persuasive. There is significant potential at Sauber, and with the ever-changing world of F1 I think the team is very well placed at present. I am grateful to my old team for the past 12 years I spent with them, but now I very much look forward to starting my new job. I would like to thank Peter Sauber and the team for this great opportunity."
"When you're the Technical Director of a Formula One team, the job comes first and everything else is subordinate to I,” said Willy Rampf.
“I have done my job with a passion for ten years, but now it's time to hand over the baton. Peter Sauber gave me the chance to enter this league of motor sport and I greatly value all my years spent working with the team."
photo:BMW-Sauber
In April, BMW Sauber F1 Team’s Technical Director Willy Rampf, aged 56 will hand over to Englishman James Key, who takes up his new position on 1st of April.
Willy Rampf will be leaving the team at the end of April.
"The first time I saw the facilities in Hinwil, I knew straightaway the kind of opportunities open to me there," says Key in a team press release.
"The wind tunnel, the supercomputer, the machine park and the expertise of the team were extremely persuasive. There is significant potential at Sauber, and with the ever-changing world of F1 I think the team is very well placed at present. I am grateful to my old team for the past 12 years I spent with them, but now I very much look forward to starting my new job. I would like to thank Peter Sauber and the team for this great opportunity."
"When you're the Technical Director of a Formula One team, the job comes first and everything else is subordinate to I,” said Willy Rampf.
“I have done my job with a passion for ten years, but now it's time to hand over the baton. Peter Sauber gave me the chance to enter this league of motor sport and I greatly value all my years spent working with the team."
photo:BMW-Sauber