Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene has hinted at a staff restructure similar to McLaren as the team looks to rebuild following the departure of technical chief James Allison.
Ferrari and Allison parted ways ahead of the German Grand Prix, which came just before it fell behind Red Bull in the constructors' championship. Allison was replaced by former engine chief Mattia Binotto, who lacks experience of chassis development and was seen by many as a short-term replacement.
However, Arrivabene has suggested a new approach to staffing makes Binotto the perfect man to lead the team.
"He will work with the team to help improve the car," Arrivabene is quoted as saying by Motorsport.com. "All the technicians talk to each other, but the difference is very important: there will be no more of 'this is 'Mr X's' car'. There will be a car that will be the result of the co-operation between all the working groups involved in the project."
Ferrari's desire appears to be a technical operation headed by several figures - similar to McLaren's structure with Peter Prodromou (chief engineer), Tim Goss (technical director) and Matt Morris [director of engineering). Arrivabene suggests if this concept is copied Ferrari will not need to hire from outside, despite recent speculation about a move for Toro Rosso's technical chief James Key.
"We are modifying our technical structure but we'll complete this operation only when we understand if we already have in the team engineers with untapped capacity. I think that we have some talent.
The question I ask myself though is: why, if you have these skilled people, does their talent not come out? If you have good engineers but they spend time on [less important jobs] if it clear that we are losing important opportunities.
"Our role is to show the target, and to make sure that the objectives are to be achieved. If the concepts are clear, I think we don't need to look outside Maranello for new engineers. We are not looking for the mega-talent.
"When there is a figure like a mega-talent, it is normal for all the technical team to follow what he says. But we have not this kind of man. We are working on a new horizontal structure and the coordinator is Mattia Binotto."
The new structure would put an end to rumours of Ferrari swooping for Ross Brawn, who oversaw the team's period of dominance in the early 2000s. Despite several outlets recently suggesting a possible return for Brawn, the Englishman has made it clear on several occasions he has no desire to return to F1 in a full-time capacity.