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Jost Capito has moved from the Ford Motor Company to head up Volkswagen Motorsport, effective 1 May 2012. He takes over from Kris Nissen, who will support his successor during the transition phase, and subsequently assist the Group in an advisory capacity. Capito began his career in 1984 as a development engineer for BMW’s high-performance engines. He joined Porsche in 1989, first heading the Porsche Carrera Cup Organisation and later all Porsche brand racing championship campaigns. He held executive posts at Sauber Petronas Engineering and was chief operating officer of the Sauber Red Bull Formula 1 team from 1998. He moved to Ford at the end of 2001 where he latterly held responsibility for Ford’s global performance vehicle business and for motorsports strategy.
Williams chairman, Adam Parr, has left the company. Parr joined Williams as chief executive officer in 2006 and Frank Williams recently said he was his natural successor to head the organisation. He has been replaced by former Diageo CFO and Williams non-executive director, Nick Rose. Frank Williams will continue to oversee the company.
Steve White, the managing director of safety fuel tank company ATL’s European arm, will be retiring from the company at the end of May. White, who has been at ATL for 35 years, will be replaced by Gilles Dawson, currently ATL’s chief designer.
Paul Brooks, senior vice president of NASCAR and president of NASCAR Media Group, is to leave the company in early May to concentrate on a number of outside personal and business interests. However, Brooks – who has been with NASCAR for the past 19 years – will continue as a senior advisor to the company in key areas, including broadcasting, media strategy and innovation.
Ben Michell is now principal engineer – race engineering, at Dunlop Motorsport. He moves from his previous post managing the GT tyre development at the company and he will work alongside vehicle dynamics consultancy, OptimumG.
Campbell Roy
Claire Williams, the daughter of Williams F1 team owner, Frank, has joined the board
at Williams Grand Prix Holdings as director of marketing and communications. The position became available following the decision of Dominic Reilly to leave the company at the end of March.
Respected Swedish rally driving school boss and former driver, Anders Kullang, – the man who taught Sebastien Loeb how to left-foot brake – has died at the age of 68. Kullang won the 1980 Swedish Rally and three Swedish national titles in a successful career that stretched from 1970 until 1988.
Pedro de la Rosa
Campbell Roy is no longer with the Mini World Rally Team, which is now called
Jean Marchioni is now managing director at Lola Cars International. Marchioni is well known within the international motor racing community, having worked as a team manager in a number of formulae including LMP, ChampCar, Grand-Am, Formula Atlantic and Trans-Am.
Lola has confirmed that John Gobbi, who has been acting as interim managing director of Lola Composites since the start of the year, has now accepted the position on a permanent basis. Gobbi, a chartered engineer, has previously worked at a number of top technology providers, including Nortel, Partnertech and Bookham Technology.
the Prodrive WRC Team. His place as team manager has been filled by Paul Howarth, the former Subaru World Rally Team (also a Prodive-run outfit) operations director.
Pedro de la Rosa is the new chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA), taking the place of Rubens Barrichello, who is racing in IndyCar this year after losing his seat at Williams.
Specialist motorsport insurer, Ellis Clowes and Company, has appointed two new members of staff, Chris Scoble and Chris Budd, who join the firm from Paul Napier Ltd and will work in Ellis Clowes’ Professional Indemnity and Directors and Officers Liability division.
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www.racecar-engineering.com • May 2012 Allsport is controlled by CVC, who also run the Formula One Paddock Club OBITUARY – ROBERT FEARNALL
Well known circuit manager and former motorsport scribe, Robert Fearnall, has died at the age of 59. A lifelong motorsport fan, he was brought up near Oulton Park, although it is with Donington Park that he will forever be associated. Fearnall first worked in
motorsport as a journalist on Autosport, where he went on to become its deputy editor before a move to the Silverstone press office – and even a stint as co-driver to James Hunt on the 1973 Tour of Britain, the pair winning the part-rallying, part- racing event in a Camaro. When Donington was
re-opened in 1977 (it had been closed since WW II) Fearnall was installed as its managing director and promoted a range of events at the track through his Two-Four Sports concern. After the failed Simon Gillet attempt to get F1 back to
Donington, many of the staff, including Fearnall, lost their jobs, but Kevin Wheatcroft – son of founder, Tom, and current boss – said: ‘When I got the keys back on Christmas Eve ’09, there was nobody. Everybody had been made redundant. But Robert Fearnall, whose name has been linked with Donington for years, and has been a loyal family friend, was literally sat on the doorstep waiting for me to come back with the keys!’ Fearnall oversaw some
notable firsts for the venue, including the DTM’s first visit to the UK, and was also in charge at the circuit when Wheatcroft senior’s dream came true in 1993 and a Formula 1 grand prix was held at the track. That race will live long in the memories of UK motorsport people, as will Robert Fearnall.
Robert Fearnall 1952-2012
Bernie’s ‘successor’ quits Allsport post
David Campbell, the man tipped by many to be Bernie Ecclestone’s successor as Formula 1 ringmaster, has quit his post as managing director at Allsport Management. Campbell took the job at Allsport, the company that deals with Formula 1’s sponsorship and corporate hospitality business, in March 2011, replacing long-time Allsport boss and company founder, Paddy McNally. He then joined the Allsport board in July last year. A former boss of London’s O2 Arena, Campbell was chief
executive of AEG Europe – a division of worldwide sports and entertainment company, Anshutz Entertainment Group – before his move to F1 was announced in December 2010. Geneva-based Allsport is
controlled by CVC Partners, the private equity firm that has a controlling stake in Formula 1, and it is primarily involved in the sale of trackside advertising. Indeed, Allsport sells the advertising to every grand prix except Monaco. The company also runs the Formula 1 Paddock Club. It was bought by CVC in 2006.
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