Mike Coughlan returns to Nascar

Mike Coughlan, the former technical director of Williams F1 Team, was hired for an identical position at Richard Childress Racing. The British engineer, replaced by Pat Symonds within the Grove team, will work alongside Mark McArdie, the racing operations director, and will report to Dr Eric Warren who heads the Competition department. He had already worked in the American discipline within Michael Waltrip Racing after being accused of espionage in the affair McLaren ? Ferrari in 2007.