02/04/2007
NEWS STORY
Scuderia Toro Rosso has officially announced the appointment of Giorgio Ascanelli as the team's Technical Director.
For the past five years, Ascanelli has been working as Technical Director for Maserati Corse. Prior to that, he established excellent F1 credentials, including a long spell as Race Engineer and Head of R & D for Ferrari, with brief stints at Benetton and McLaren.
The 48-year-old Italian also has a special link to Toro Rosso, having been Gerhard Berger's race engineer when the Austrian raced for the Maranello outfit.
This appointment means that Alex Hitzinger is now free to concentrate on his original role, heading up the Advanced Technologies Department for Red Bull Technology, having additionally deputised as Toro Rosso Technical Director for the past few months.