In the wake of a mid-season analysis by Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne about the strengths and weaknesses of the team, there was a view that the Scuderia needed to push more with the talent it had within its organisation.

A subsequent restructure in the wake of the departure of technical director James Allison has seen a move away from big star names and more responsibility given to exploiting homegrown staff – with processes that allow more input from factory floor staff.

Furthermore, the team has put in place a more McLaren-style horizontal technical structure that is not so dependent on individual figures.

Motorsport.com has learned that one area of change within the team has been to revise the way its aerodynamics department works – with former chief aerodynamicist Dirk de Beer having taken on a different role.

Now Cardile, who has overseen the aerodynamics on Ferrari's GT projects, has been moved across to oversee Maranello's F1 aero department, while Frenchman David Sanchez will work alongside him as chief aerodynamicist.

Sanchez had spells at Renault and McLaren prior to moving up the ranks at Ferrari.

The new structure has been in place since the F1 summer shutdown, with team principal Maurizio Arrivabene adamant weeks ago that the new philosophy was the right move.

"Our role is to show the target, and to make sure that the objectives are to be achieved," he said. "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 [technical chief] Mattia Binotto."