Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
51. Jenson Button MBE
Age 35 Occupation Driver, McLaren F1 Nationality English Position Last Year 59 In 2009 Jenson Button became the most talked-about sports personality in the world when he won the F1 World Championship with Brawn GP, having taken a 50% pay…
48. Fernando Alonso
Age 33 Occupation Driver, McLaren F1 Nationality Spanish Position Last Year 55 Fernando Alonso is best known as the man who brought Formula 1 to Spain. Alonso held the record for the youngest driver to win the Formula 1 World…
47. Sebastian Vettel
Age 27 Occupation Driver, Ferrari F1 Team Nationality German Position Last Year 52 A charismatic and humorous young German, Vettel is a prodigy of Dr Helmut Marko, Red Bull Racing’s talent scout. He has been with the energy drink company…
38. Zak Brown
Age 43 Occupation CEO of Just Marketing International (JMI) Nationality American Position Last Year 59 Racing driver, turned motorsport sponsorship guru, Zak Brown is the CEO of Just Marketing International. He has a self-confessed knack for brokering huge deals as…
44. Michel Boeri
Age Unknown Occupation President, Automobile Club de Monaco Nationality Monégasque Position Last Year 48 Aside from his roles as President of the ACM, Michel Boeri is also the President of the FIA’s Senate and Vice- President of the World Motor…
41. Julian Jakobi
Age 64 Occupation Chairman of CSS Stellar Group Nationality English Position Last Year 45 He epitomised the phrase “middle-man”, working as an adviser for both Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna during a time when the two were at loggerheads,…
40. Hermann Tilke
Age 60 Occupation Director, Tilke GmbH Nationality German Position Last Year 44 A former touring car racer, Hermann Tilke has provided some of the most iconic racing circuits around the world thanks to a background in civil engineering and a…
31. Chris Aylett
Age Unknown Occupation Chief Executive, Motorsport Industry Association Nationality British Position Last Year 36 A former Roosevelt Scholar, Aylett began his career as a sportscar driver, eventually becoming a team owner and race promotor; while also building an international sporting…
24. Gerard Lopez
Age 43 Occupation Chairman and Team Principal of Lotus F1 Team Nationality Luxembourgian Position last year 26 Lopez is a founding partner of The Genii Group and Chairman of the Lotus F1 Team. A legal wrangle over the Lotus name…
19. Charlie Whiting
Age 63 Occupation F1 Race Director, FIA Nationality English Position last year 18 A former chief mechanic with Bernie Ecclestone’s Brabham team, Charlie Whiting is the Race Director for Formula 1 and holds a number of other FIA-related roles. Following…
9. Dr Helmut Marko
Age 72 Occupation Red Bull Sporting Director Nationality Austrian Position last year 16 Dietrich Mateschitz’s right-hand man in Formula 1 and is widely-believed to be the real strategist behind Red Bull’s rise to prominence. He was a school friend of…
6. Ron Dennis CBE
Age 67 Occupation Chairman, McLaren Group Nationality English Position last year 5 Prior to Dennis’s arrival at McLaren in September 1980, the team was going through a particularly uncompetitive stint. The team had last won a Grand Prix with then…
