James Allison says his decision to relinquish his role as Mercedes' technical director was reached "a long time ago" but time was required to make it a reality. Mercedes announced last week a reshuffling of its technical department, with Allison set to step back from his day-to-day management of the Brackley squad's engineering unit to fulfill a newly created role as Chief Technical Officer. Allison's new function will lead to current technology officer Mike Elliot assuming the role of Mercedes' technical director. Allison said the decision to step aside had been firmly planted in his mind as long ago as 2019. "It was merely a question of organising the timing of that in a...
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