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The Gazzetta dello Sport said he would take over from Luca
Baldisserri, who has left Maranello to manage the career of
former academy driver Lance Stroll.
Canadian teenager Stroll, whose billionaire father Lawrence made
a fortune with fashion brands Michael Kors and Tommy Hilfiger,
joined the Williams driver development programme last November.
There was no official confirmation from Ferrari but a letter
from Rivola, who joined Ferrari in 2009 after working as team
manager for Minardi and their successors Toro Rosso, was
circulating on social media.
"After 18 years of F1, of which 12 have been on the pitwall,
it's time to make a pitstop," he wrote to his team mates
explaining the switch.
Ferrari, the sport's oldest and most successful team, finished
runners-up to champions Mercedes last season with four times
world champion Sebastian Vettel winning three races. The new
season starts on March 20 in Australia.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Justin Palmer)
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