Sensational: Ferrari could take Paddy Lowe from Mercedes!

A real market bomb comes from Germany, with the MotorSport-Total website reporting that Ferrari is interested in snatching technical director Paddy Lowe from Mercedes. According to the German portal, Ferrari's courtship of the talented English engineer began before the summer, as the newspaper reported at the time, among other things The print.

The organizational work model horizontal launched by Sergio Marchionne, and actually applied to the 2017 single-seater, it could be the most classic of decoys, designed to hide the sensational market coup. Taking Lowe from Mercedes would have a double, enormous value. Technical, because Ferrari could plan the future by relying on a super engineer, a champion in the sector, but also a symbolic value, since the Red car would take a leading element away from the invincible Mercedes.

Paddy Lowe is linked to Mercedes until the end of 2017. If Ferrari really decides to sign him, the Englishman would have to respect the "gardening leave" period - i.e. the ban on immediately taking up service for another team - of at least six months. This is why Paddy Lowe would be an important addition, but with a view to 2018 if not 2019. Better late than never, one might say. Toto Wolff, interviewed on the matter by the Formula 1 website, declared: “For me it would be a real surprise if Paddy left us, but now I don't want to talk about individual contractual positions..."

Antonino Rendina

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