Legendary Ferrari designer Rory Byrne has returned to Maranello to be Simone Resta's mentor. South African Byrne, 71, was a key member of the Ferrari ‘dream team' of last decade, when along with Jean Todt, Ross Brawn and Michael Schumacher, they utterly dominated the sport. More recently, he had retired to Thailand, but Byrne can now be found once again in the corridors of Maranello. His new role is supporting Simone Resta, Ferrari's new designer in the wake of the personnel shakeup that saw the likes of Nikolas Tombazis, Pat Fry and others all depart. 'Simone is from the school of Aldo Costa, who I respect a lot,' said Ferrari's new team boss Maurizio Arrivabene, referring to the...
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