Panther Bolsters Engineering Program With Tino Belli

After losing technical director Allen McDonald to Sam Schmidt Motorsports last week, SPEED.com reports that Tino Belli, race engineer for James Hinchcliffe, has left to join Panther Racing. Belli is expected to work alongside David Cripps as a two-pronged engineering package in support of driver JR Hildebrand. Belli could also play an over-arching technical role that covers Hildebrand and Panther DRR's entry for Oriol Servia.

Belli departs Andretti after an impressive 14-year stint with the renowned team, and the respected Welshman’s resume also includes stints at Pagan Racing, Forsythe Racing and with the former Indy car constructor March.