The move of the personnel from Ferrari to Haas is a response to the upcoming F1 budget cap, with the team from Maranello willing to switch key staff to the customer team, instead of firing people. In the beginning of the month Ferrari already announced that Simone Resta, the head of chassis engineering will move to Haas to pursue an undefined role. Apparently, more transfers are expected to be finalised soon. 

A separate hub for the Haas team is being set up near the Ferrari facility, where the crew will be able to work solely for Haas. The team principal of Ferrari Mattia Binotto said in regards of the new facility and the status of Haas as a customer team: "These persons will be in Maranello in a completely separate building to Scuderia Ferrari. They will not have access to the Scuderia Ferrari building. It is separated and they will remain in there. As far as we are concerned, they are customers. Some of our people will join their team, and I think that's a great opportunity for them. It's a great opportunity, because I think that by doing that, it can reinforce their organisation, and their technical organisation.” 

He added: "It is something that was necessary for us, because we had to reduce our organisation of today to fulfil what are the limitations of the budget cap. But still Haas is a fully independent team, compared to Ferrari. It is not a junior team and we are not exchanging information beyond what's possible in the regulation.”

Binotto said he feels much more comfortable with moving the staff from Ferrari to Haas, instead of having to let them go and risking other teams employing them. 

As he said: "If I may choose and I have to reduce my organisation, I'm certainly more happy to know that those guys are joining the Haas team and reinforcing them, instead of being simply on the market and available to other teams. That's certainly the way we are looking at the collaborations."