Jock Clear, Lewis Hamilton's senior performance engineer, is to leave Mercedes for Ferrari, but he will only start to work for his new employers in 12 months' time. Clear has been a key member of Hamilton's technical staff for the past two seasons and played a crucial role in his Drivers' Championship success this year, but he is to join Ferrari next year. BBC Sport reports that "the 51-year-old handed in his resignation immediately after the final race of the season at the end of November and has a 12-month notice period". Clear is expected to take up a key role on Ferrari's track-side engineering, ultimately replacing engineering director Pat Fry, who was sacked earlier this...
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