More defectors follow Bigois to Honda
France's 46-year-old Bigois, formerly with prominent roles also at Ligier, Prost and Minardi, will join highly-rated figures also from BMW and McLaren who now make their way to Honda, who on Sunday scored its first point of the 2007 season at Magny Cours.
Bigois is currently on the inevitable 'gardening leave' after stepping down at Williams and will join Honda at a mutually acceptable time, a spokesperson for the team confirmed to us.
Another Frenchman, Francois Martinet, also comes from Williams, John Owen has been lured from a top aerodynamics job at BMW, as has a member of McLaren's aerodynamics group.
"It's a concerted effort to improve our skills in that area because aerodynamics these days is 80 percent of the performance and we simply weren't strong enough in that area," Nick Fry is quoted as saying by Reuters.
It is understood that even more appointments could follow in the following months, with the first appointments not due to arrive until August.