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.
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