May 28 (GMM) Toro Rosso may be facing competition to keep its technical director Giorgio Ascanelli
The Italian has had an illustrious formula one career, initially as a race engineer with Ferrari, Benetton and McLaren, and famously behind some of Ayrton Senna’s most memorable grand prix wins for the latter team
Now as a leading technical boss, he is in demand, receiving offers from many current teams including Ferrari, Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport claims
Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost commented: “We have a contract with Giorgio.”n