• Williams appoint new CEO

    From Brian Lawrence@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Thu Dec 17 12:54:40 2020
    It will be Jost Capito, from February.

    A widely respected and experienced motorsport manager, the 62-year-oldrCOs most recent position in Formula 1 was as CEO of McLaren Racing.

    He was at the team for five months until February 2017 before becoming a casualty of the McLaren GrouprCOs split from former chairman Ron Dennis.

    Capito has previously led motorsport programmes for Porsche, Ford and VW.

    He said joining Williams was rCLa great honour during these exciting times
    for both the team and F1."

    Simon Roberts is confirmed as team principal.
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