Ferrari consider bringing back Resta from Alfa Romeo

Ferrari is considering whether to bring back Alfa Romeo Racing technical director Simone Resta to its Formula 1 team.

Resta was head of vehicle project coordination at Ferrari until the middle of 2018, and had also been the role of chief designer since the end of 2014.

He then joined Ferrari customer team, Sauber, which has recently been named Alfa Romeo, and Resta is the side's technical director at the start of July.

Under new team principal, Mattia Binotto, Ferrari is looking around to try and bolster its squad, following an underwhelming start to the 2019 season. Binotto admitted there has been some serious consideration about bringing Resta back to Maranello.

"Yeah, I heard the rumours," the Ferrari team principal answered when asked about the speculation via Motorsport.com. "As a team, no doubt we are always trying to improve ourselves by looking where maybe we miss strengths.

"Simone has been in Ferrari in the past. He moved to be Alfa Romeo's technical director, he's having a great experience. We are evaluating him to be back at a certain stage.

"It's not something we've decided. We've covered his role currently in Maranello anyway, so it's not a plug-in situation. It's true that we are thinking, as we are thinking for other people that may join or may leave. As an organisation, it's always very dynamic, and that is normal."