Former Scuderia Ferrari chief designer and expert mechanic in Aerodynamics Nicholas Tombazis has joined the FIA to become its single-seater director. The Greek, who was most recently involved in grand prix racing as chief aerodynamicist at Manor until it folded at the beginning of last year, will have core responsibilities in F1, F2 and F3. He will report to Gilles Simon, who is the FIA technical director, and work in close co-operation with F1 race director Charlie Whiting.
As reported by the British media earlier today, his role will be to contribute to the long-term strategy of the FIA’s main single-seater championships, and help frame sporting and technical regulations, while at the same time being involved in discussions with Formula One teams and other parties regarding the possibility of creating and implementating of new rules.
Nicholas Tombazis was originally involved in Formula 1 as chief aerodynamicist at Benetton from 1992 until 1997, before moving to the Maranello team to take a similar role until 2003. After that he joined McLaren for a two-year spell between 2004 and 2006, before returning to Scuderia Ferrari as chief designer – a role which he kept until the end of 2014. Since his one-year spell at Manor from 2016 to 2017 he set up his own consultancy, called MAA, and was a visiting professor of aerodynamics for Imperial College London.
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