BMW Poaches Ferrari Technical Director For Unnamed Role

BMW has hired Ferrari's former technical director, Roberto Fedeli, for an as-yet unspecified role, the German automaker said today.

Fedeli will join the BMW Group in November, "but we currently can't say what his role will be," a BMW spokesman told Automotive News Europe.

A Ferrari spokesman said Fedeli left the sports car maker Sept. 13 and his resignation was not linked to the departure of Ferrari's long-time chairman, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo. Fedeli quit before Montezemolo stepped down as Ferrari chairman, the spokesman said.

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JRobUSC - 10/8/2014 1:39:20 PM

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First they take the guy in charge of Audi Quattro, who was responsible for the resurgence of the excellent recent RS models, and now the head of R&D for Ferrari, the guy responsible for the 458 and LaFerrari? Wow. BMW isn't f-ing around.

MorePower - 10/8/2014 5:48:05 PM

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I'm sure Ferrari is looking to poach someone from Mercedes' F1 engine development team and Audi/VAG is looking for someone in chassis development from either Ferrari, MB or other.