James Allison is NOT back within Mercedes' F1 operation despite rumours suggesting otherwise in recent weeks.
Toto Wolff has moved to clear up the role of James Allison at Mercedes after talk that he had returned to the F1 side of the business.
Allison was promoted to the role of chief technical officer of Mercedes AMG in 2021, a role which Wolff confirmed tothe Brit still holds today, though a recent project for Allison has seen him take on that same title with the INEOS Britannia Americas Cup team, INEOS being one-third owner of the Mercedes F1 squad.
Wolff though made it clear that Allison’s duties within the team do not stretch any further than being involved in key discussions.“He plays an active role when long-term team strategies are discussed, but nowadays he devotes his time to other activities such as the America’s Cup project and other programmes aimed at innovation.”
The Brackley squad had hoped that their improvement in the latter stages of 2022 was a solid base to return to title contention in F1 2023 but, with P2 their best result across the opening three rounds and Red Bull looking a class above the rest, Mercedes’ ambitions have taken quite the knock.
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