Jun.26 (GMM) Willy Rampf will scale down his role at the BMW-Sauber team, the German squad announced in a media statement on Thursday.
The 55-year-old has been technical director at the Hinwil based team, which was taken over by BMW at the end of 2005, since 2000.His new role, to begin on 1 November this year, is to be called technical coordinator, and he will still be responsible for vehicle concept and for leading the technical team at the grands prix.Some other responsibilities, however, will pass to existing managing director Walter Riedl, 48, including development of the 2009 car."The change has come about at the express wish of Willy Rampf, who has been keen to reduce his work schedule," the statement explained.