STR names new technical director


By Andrew Cutler
April 2 2007

Scuderia Toro Rosso has announced that Giorgio Ascanelli, a former race engineer for the Ferrari, McLaren and Benetton teams, will become the new technical director for the Faenza team. Ascanelli has spent the past five years in a similar role at Maserati. This signing means that Ascanelli with be reunited with STR co-owner Gerhard Berger, the two of them having worked togeather during Berger's driving stints at both Mclaren and Ferrari. This also means that STR's Alex Hitzinger, who has been doing "double duty" for the team, can now concentrate soley on his role as the head of Red Bull's Advanced Technologies Department.

Ascanelli with begin his new job effective immediately.

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