Tღhe designer responsible fo🐼r the radical 'walrus' front-end treatment that 'graced' this year's Williams-BMW FW26 until the summer break is to leave the Grove team.

Paddock rumours have been confirmed by news agency Reuters, which quote🧜s a team spokesman as saying that former chief aerodynamicist Antonia Terzi would be replaced by former Lℱigier, 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 Ligierꦺ/Prost either side of a spe🍸ll with Sauber, but left to join Minardi shortly before the French team perished.

The🐓 Williams spokesman 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 about any rupture in the design process," he said. "Loic has been working�🐓� on the FW27 all along."