The designer responsible for the radical 'walrus' front-꧂end treatment that 'graced' this year's Williams-BMW FW26 unꦛtil the summer break is to leave the Grove team.

Paddock rumours have been confirmed by news agency Reuters, which quotes a team spokesman as saying that former chief aerodynamicist Antonia Terzi wouldꦬ be replaced by former Ligier, Prost, Sauber and Minardi man Loic Bigois.

The 44-year old Frenchman has been employed by Williams for the past year and, like Terzi is an aerodynamics specialist. He served two terms at Ligier/Prost e🌱ither side of a spell with Sauber, but left to join Mi🔯nardi shortly before the French team perished.

The Williams spoဣkesman confirmed that Terzi had left her post on Wednesday, but insisted that the squad - which won the final grand prix of the year just over a week ago - was not expecting any delays in the production of the new FW27.

"There are no concerns ജabout any rupture in the design pro🃏cess," he said. "Loic has been working on the FW27 all along."