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Veteran engineer Jock Clear will take on an enhanced driver coaching role with Ferrari in 2021, with Team Principal Matiia Binotto saying his remit now extends to the Ferrari Driver Academy (FDA).
Clear, who has previously worked with David Coulthard, Jacques Villeneuve and Rubens Barrichello, joined Ferrari’s senior trackside engineering group from Mercedes in 2015 and when Charles Leclerc joined for 2019, part of his focus was on the Monegasque’s development.
The FDA is in a good place, with Mick Schumacher making the step up to F1 with Haas after winning the F2 title, F2 runner up Callum Illot named Ferrari’s test driver and Robert Shwarztman among the favourites for the 2021 F2 title – and Ferrari want to continue the momentum, hence Clear’s expanded role.
How did the promotion come about?
Yuki Tsunoda has been on a trajectory for F1 for less than two years, the Honda and Red Bull backed driver coming over to Europe to prove he had what it takes to compete at the highest level of motorsport after impressing in his native Japan.
Red Bull Motorsport Adviser Helmut Marko rated him highly and monitored his progress closely. When it became clear the Red Bull Junior programme was looking a little lean, he moved to accelerate some of the most talented youngsters’ programmes.
Tsunoda was one of them. He settled in with ease when they started embedding him in AlphaTauri, first for a test in a 2018-spec car after the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola.
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