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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…
50. Nico Rosberg
Age 30 Occupation Driver, Mercedes AMG Petronas Nationality German Position Last Year 54 Son of 1982 World Champion Keke, Nico started in karting at 11 and in 2002 won the German Formula BMW. At 17, he became the youngest person…
58. Roman Abramovich
Age 50 Occupation Russian business tycoon, owner of Chelsea FC Nationality Russian Position Last Year 65 It’s been a while coming as the Russian billionaire was known to have been interested in F1 for a while (his superyacht was a…
59. Kimi Raikonnen
Age 35 Occupation Driver, Scuderia Ferrari Nationality Finnish Position Last Year 64 Kimi joined McLaren Mercedes in 2002, and switched to Ferrari in 2007, becoming the highest paid driver in motorsport and rewarding that salary by securing the Drivers’ Championship.…
22. Vijay Mallya
Age 59 Occupation Owner and Founder, Force India Nationality Indian Position last year 22 Billionaire liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya is the founder of the Force India Formula 1 team. As chairman of United Breweries Group and Kingfisher Airlines, he has…
21. Peter Sauber
Age 71 Occupation Owner, Sauber Motorsports Nationality Swiss Position last year 21 The team faced financial ruin in 2009 when BMW announced it was leaving F1, but Sauber structured a deal which allowed him to retake control, following a high…
The raging bull
The raging Red Bull Sporting Director Helmut Marko is a motor racing legend and a Formula 1 specialist. But certainly not the paddock’s favourite. Click here to subscribe to our print edition! He is an absolute expert. But he is also…
My Race Day: Jonny Dodge
Professional adventure seeker and the man behind GP Management, mister Jonny Dodge, gives us his usual Formula 1 race week schedule and calls it “My Monegasque Race Week”. Click here to subscribe to our print edition! Monday 9am – arrival into…
My Fantasy F1 Team: Juan Miró
Juan Miró leads Miró Rivera Architects, an architectural firm located in Austin, Texas. The firm won the 2006 AR Emerging Architecture Award and works on a variety of projects including institutional, commercial, and residential architecture and urban design. Click here to…
The career path that works
I’m often asked why I decided to set up the Motorsport Industry Association (MIA), way back in 1994. There were, in fact, many reasons and in the January 2014 edition of the Paddock magazine, I outlined them in some detail.…
