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Remember when, during the Grand Prix of the Americas weekend last November, we told you that
Sebastian Vettel had worked with Infiniti on the new G Coupe and that there'd be more of that kind of involvement on the way? It's been made official with the three-time
Formula One World Champion being named Infiniti's Director of Performance.
Although the announcement is fresh, Vettel's time on the job isn't,
Infiniti saying that
Vettel went to Japan, the Nürburgring and the Circuit de Catalunya to assist in the development of the
Q50 sedan.
When we spoke to Andreas Sigl, the man in charge of Infiniti's F1 collaboration with Red Bull, about the tie-up he had also said, "Like
Mercedes has
AMG and
BMW has M - whether it's called
IPL or not - we want to have something in that space." If the brand is still serious about that, Vettel's chops could help them deliver the kind of performance they'd need as upstarts to challenge the ringleaders of that particular hi-po circus.
We might find out soon enough if Vettel's s
better at taking team orders from Infiniti than Red Bull. There's a press release
below with the officially sanctioned paragraphs outlining his new role.
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Official: Infiniti hires Sebastian Vettel as Director of Performance
