Will Ferrari be satisfied with just part of McLaren Areo dept?

[John S]

Besides Fry, rumour now has 5 ex-Macca Areo boys now at Maranello.             
Will they be trying to make it really unlucky for McLaren by going for a full bakers dozen? 

Ferrari has further strengthened its aerodynamic department at the expense of its rival, McLaren, after signing a handful of the outfit's former engineers.
 
The Italian outfit, which has been lacking in the aero department since the team opted to focus on employing home-grown engineers, is now looking to get back on track after struggling to match the might of McLaren and Red Bull of late.
 
"We have a long tradition of mechanical engineering but we have no tradition in aerodynamics," the company's president, Luca di Montezemolo was quoted as saying recently.
 
Pat Fry's move from Woking to Maranello signalled the change as he replaced Italian Aldo Costa as technical director in 2010.
 
Fry's connections within McLaren saw Giacomo Tortora, a specialist in aerodynamics and simulation studies, move to Ferrari a couple of months ago.
 
Tortora's departure to Ferrari was mirrored by Rupad Darek, also an expert in the field of aerodynamics, Chris Heal and Lawrence Hodge, all former McLaren employees now working with Ferrari as of 2012.
 
The latest rumoured departure from Woking is Bdukoski Martin, an experienced project manager and graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and Imperial College of London.
 
The exodus will surely worry McLaren as aerodynamics play an ever increasing role in a teams success on track.

By Ryan Wood thef1times.com, 1st Jan 2012.

[Scott]

Wonder how long it will take Ferrari to poach Newey?  $20m/year?  Hmmm...maybe he'd jump.  I hear Phillip Morris has a big bank account.

[lkjohnson1950]

It was the challenge of starting a team basically from scratch that brought him to Red Bull. I think he enjoys tweaking the "Old Masters". He's said that his next project will be something completely different, like designing ocean racers or racing yachts.

[Jericoke]

It was the challenge of starting a team basically from scratch that brought him to Red Bull. I think he enjoys tweaking the "Old Masters". He's said that his next project will be something completely different, like designing ocean racers or racing yachts.

If that's the case... I don't see why Ferrari wouldn't enter the America's Cup just to get Newey on board

[Scott]

No kidding.  Give him $20m and design control of a yacht...great idea.