Renault has succeeded in signing up Matthew Harman, formerly Mercedes’ head of powertrain integration and transmission design. Harman had been at Brackley for 17 years, having joined its engine division in 2001 as engineering leader. He moved to the powertrain integration role with the F1 team in 2011, giving him valuable inside knowledge of how Mercedes integrated its engine systems to such dominating effect in recent seasons. He will have the title of deputy chief designer at Enstone, assisting chief designer Martin Tolliday in the design of future cars. "Over the past three years [chief technical officer] Bob Bell has been leading the charge for the team to reinforce its...
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