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Besides the Fernando to Ferrari piece we ran earlier, there are also some other significant staff moves to note.

Ferrari have replaced Juan Todt at the head of the F1 team by Stefano Domenicali, who will take over the running of the team from January. This shows that Todt is obviously under an increased load with managing the Ferrari group, and can no longer manage running the team as well.

The other, more positive move is Ross Brawn, he has joined the Honda team, and I am sure will make a difference almost immediately.

Nick Fry had this to say about the appointment

"In terms of job responsibilities. Ross is team principal and is organizationally in charge of the team," Fry said. "I will take charge of the commercial side, the marketing, sponsorship and the legal side."

With Ross having this to say about his new team

"What I have done is get an assessment of the people who own the team and I was convinced that they have the commitment and the resources. I am very impressed with what I have seen so far. The facilities are not the reason we should not succeed. Honda is much closer to success than Ferrari was when I joined 10 years ago."

So it seems even outside of the driver movements, this years ‘Silly Season’ is going to be interesting