03/09/2025 12:40
Ferrari chief performance engineer Jock Clear is departing the team
after almost a decade of service, according to a report from
Corriere dello Sport . Clear joined Maranello in 2015 and also
served as driver coach to Charles Leclerc. Additionally, the
61-year-old Briton was responsible for overseeing the Ferrari
Driver Academy, a role that will now be taken over by Marc Gené.
Clear has extensive experience in Formula 1, having previously
worked at teams including Benetton, Williams, Honda, Brawn GP, and
Mercedes. He served as race engineer to Jacques Villeneuve during
the Canadian's triumphant 1997 drivers' championship campaign at
Williams and worked with several world champions, including Michael
Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, and Lewis Hamilton during their time at
Mercedes. His departure comes as Ferrari competes with McLaren for
second place in the constructors' standings, with this year's title
all but decided. The news has not been announced, and it is not yet
known what Clear's next destination in F1 could be. It is also
unclear who will assume his technical responsibilities within the
Italian team's engineering structure. Gené, meanwhile, will make a
step up at the Scuderia. The Spaniard raced in F1 between 1999-2000
and 2003-04, making 36 starts for Minardi and Williams. Following
that, he was a Ferrari test driver between 2005 and 2010, and won
the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2009.
