Ferrari has confirmed on Tuesday morning that former McLaren Chief Engineer Pat Fry has joined the Italian team as Assistant Technical Director. The 46-year-old Surrey man departed the Woking squad at the end of last month and will now be working alongside Aldo Costa.
Having worked previously with Benetton as well as McLaren, Fry left the latter in May and will begin work at the Scuderia as July begins.
Pat moved into Formula 1 in the late 1980s by joining Benetton's Research and Development department as well as a stint with its test team, to which he returned in 1991 before being promoted to the Race Engineer role for driver Martin Brundle in 1992.
The move to McLaren came a year later, swayed by friend and colleague Giorgio Ascanelli (now Toro Rosso Technical Director). Fry became Race Engineer to future double Champion Mika Häkkinen in 1995 before moving to the test team in 1996 - despite hearsay linking the Englishman with Ferrari.
In 1997, Fry became David Coulthard's Race Engineer, working with the Scot until the end of the 2000 campaign before directing both cars in 2001. 2002 brought with it another promotion, to the job of Chief Engineer - a role held until his recent exit from the team.
Ferrari has also noted on Tuesday that the rest of its technical department structure remains unchanged, despite the new arrival.
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