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The following people play or have played significant roles in Formula One:

Contents 1 Drivers 2 Administration 3 Team management 3.1 Ferrari 3.2 McLaren 3.3 Williams 3.4 Renault 3.5 Toyota 3.6 Red Bull 3.7 BMW Sauber 3.8 Toro Rosso 3.9 Force India 3.10 Mercedes Grand Prix 4 Tyres 5 Commentary & publicity 5.1 United Kingdom 5.2 United States 5.3 Asia 5.4 Austria 5.5 Brazil 5.6 Germany 5.7 Italy 5.8 Japan 5.9 Netherlands 6 Other 7 Former Formula One people 7.1 1950s– 7.2 1960s– 7.3 1970s– 7.4 1980s– 7.5 1990s– 7.6 2000s– 8 References

[edit] Drivers

The following drivers are involved in the 2009 Formula One season

Team	No.[1]	Race Drivers	Test Driver(s)
Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes	1	Lewis Hamilton[2]	Pedro de la Rosa[3] Gary Paffett[3]
	2	Heikki Kovalainen[4]
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	3	Felipe Massa[5]	Luca Badoer[6] Marc Gené[6]
	4	Kimi Räikkönen[7]
BMW Sauber F1 Team	5	Robert Kubica[8]	Christian Klien[8]
	6	Nick Heidfeld[8]
ING Renault F1 Team	7	Fernando Alonso[9]	Romain Grosjean[10]
	8	Nelson Piquet, Jr.[9]
Panasonic Toyota Racing	9	Jarno Trulli[11]	Kamui Kobayashi[12]
	10	Timo Glock[13]
Scuderia Toro Rosso	11	Sébastien Bourdais[14]	Brendon Hartley[15] David Coulthard[16] Jaime Alguersuari[17]
		Jaime Alguersuari[18]
	12	Sébastien Buemi[19]
Red Bull Racing	14	Mark Webber[20]
	15	Sebastian Vettel[21]
AT&T WilliamsF1 Team	16	Nico Rosberg[22]	Nico Hülkenberg[22]
	17	Kazuki Nakajima[22]
Force India F1 Team	20	Adrian Sutil[23]	Vitantonio Liuzzi[23]
	21	Giancarlo Fisichella[23]
Brawn GP F1 Team[24]	22	Jenson Button[25]	Anthony Davidson[26] Alexander Wurz[27]
	23	Rubens Barrichello[28]

[edit] Administration

• Jean Todt - president of the FIA, the sport's rulemaking body
• Bernie Ecclestone - Owner, promoter and president of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration

• Charlie Whiting - FIA Formula One Race Director, Safety Delegate, Permanent Starter and head of the F1 Technical Department
• Jo Bauer - FIA Formula One Technical Delegate
• Gary Hartstein - Race doctor and first responder to crashes
• Bernd Mayländer - Driver of the Safety car
• Sid Watkins - Retired race doctor; president of the FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society and the FIA Institute for Motor Sport Safety

[edit] Team management

[edit] Ferrari

• Luca di Montezemolo - Chairman, Ferrari and Fiat ^[29]
• Stefano Domenicali - Team principal and Sporting Director, Scuderia Ferrari ^[30]
• Aldo Costa - Technical Director ^[31]
• Nicholas Tombazis - Chief Designer ^[32]
• Gilles Simon - Head of Engine Department ^[33]
• Mario Almondo - Operations Director ^[34]
• Rory Byrne - Design and Development Consultant
• Luca Baldisserri - Chief track engineer ^[35]

[edit] McLaren

• Ron Dennis - Executive Chairman, McLaren Group ^[36]
• Martin Whitmarsh - Team Principal and CEO, McLaren ^[37]
• Norbert Haug - Vice-President, Mercedes-Benz motorsport ^[38]
• Paddy Lowe - Engineering Director ^[39]
• Neil Oatley - Design and Development Director ^[40]
• Simon Lacey - Head of Aerodynamics ^[41]
• Pat Fry - Chief Engineer ^[42]

[edit] Williams

• Sir Frank Williams - Founder, Team Principal and Co-Owner, WilliamsF1 ^[43]
• Patrick Head - Director of Engineering and Co-founder ^[44]
• Sam Michael - Technical Director ^[45]

[edit] Renault

• Flavio Briatore - Team Principal and Managing Director, Renault F1 ^[46]
• Pat Symonds - Executive Director of Engineering ^[47]
• Bob Bell - Technical Director ^[48]
• Rob White - Deputy Managing Director, Engine ^[49]

[edit] Toyota

• Tadashi Yamashina - Chairman and Team Principal, Toyota F1 ^[50]
• John Howett - President, Toyota Motorsport ^[51]
• Pascal Vasselon - Senior General Manager Chassis ^[52]

[edit] Red Bull

• Dietrich Mateschitz - Owner, Red Bull Racing
• Christian Horner - Team Principal ^[53]
• Adrian Newey - Chief Technical Officer ^[54]
• Alex Hitzinger - Head of Advanced Technologies for Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso
• David Coulthard - Consultant ^[55]

[edit] BMW Sauber

• Mario Theissen - Team Principal, BMW Sauber, Motorsport Director, BMW Motorsport ^[56]
• Peter Sauber - Founder Sauber and Consultant ^[57]
• Willy Rampf - Technical Director ^[58]

[edit] Toro Rosso

• Dietrich Mateschitz - Owner ^[59]
• Franz Tost - Team Principal, Scuderia Toro Rosso ^[60]
• Giorgio Ascanelli - Technical Director ^[61]
• Alex Hitzinger - Head of Advanced Technologies for Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso

[edit] Force India

• Vijay Mallya - Co-Owner and Team Principal, Force India^[62]
• Michiel Mol - Co-Owner ^[62]
• James Key - Technical Director ^[62]

[edit] Mercedes Grand Prix

• Ross Brawn - Owner and Team Principal, Brawn GP ^[63]
• Nick Fry - Chief Executive Officer ^[64]
• Loïc Bigois - Chief Aerodynamicist ^[65]

[edit] Tyres

• Hirohide Hamashima - Head of Bridgestone's Motorsport Tyre Development

[edit] Commentary & publicity

[edit] United Kingdom

• Murray Walker - Retired BBC and ITV commentator (presenter) famous for making ridiculous or non-sequitur comments "in the heat of the moment". Regarded for a long time as the voice of Formula One and British Motorsport. Commentator for Grand Prix Masters.
• BBC TV (current broadcaster)
  • Jake Humphrey - BBC programme anchor
  • Martin Brundle - Retired driver, BBC commentator and features reporter, former ITV commentator and features reporter
  • Jonathan Legard - BBC commentator, former BBC radio commentator
  • Lee McKenzie - BBC pit-lane reporter and features reporter
  • Ted Kravitz - BBC pit-lane reporter and features reporter, former ITV pit-lane reporter and features reporter
  • David Coulthard - BBC pundit/ Test ex racing Driver current team Red Bull Racing
  • Eddie Jordan - BBC pundit Former owner of Jordan GP
  • James Hunt - Retired driver, BBC commentator and features reporter
  • Jonathan Palmer - Retired driver, BBC commentator and features reporter
• ITV (former broadcaster)
  • Steve Rider - ITV programme anchor
  • James Allen - ITV commentator since Murray Walker's retirement in 2001, former pit lane reporter, current ITV website features writer, also interviewer at post-qualifying and post-race press conferences.
  • Louise Goodman - ITV pit-lane reporter and features reporter
  • Beverley Turner - occasional ITV features reporter
  • Mark Blundell - Retired driver, ITV presenter
• other TV channels
  • Ben Edwards - Former F1 Digital + and Eurosport commentator (1995-1996), now working for various channels in the UK
  • John Watson - Former F1 Digital + and Eurosport commentator and pundit (1990-1996), now occasionally working freelance for various UK media outlets, including the BBC
  • Richard Nicholls Former F1 Digital + and Eurosport commentator (1990-1992)
  • Allard Kalff Former F1 Digital + and Eurosport commentator (1993-1994)
• Magazines
  • Matt Bishop - F1 Racing editor.
  • Steve Matchett - F1 Racing technical editor and columnist
  • Peter Windsor - F1 Racing consultant editor and columnist

• Bob Constanduros - on-circuit commentator at every Grand Prix, also presents English language PA commentary for Radio Le Mans

[edit] United States

• Speed Channel
  • Bob Varsha - Speed Channel commentator
  • David Hobbs - Retired driver and Speed Channel commentator
  • Steve Matchett - Speed Channel commentator
  • Peter Windsor - Speed Channel reporter
• American Broadcasting Company
  • Jackie Stewart - Former commentator
• ESPN
  • John Watson - Former commentator (1997)

[edit] Asia

• STAR Sports
  • Steve Slater - Commentator
  • Alex Yoong - presenter
  • Paula Malai Ali - presenter

[edit] Austria

• Heinz Prüller - ORF Austrian TV commentator from 1965 until 2008 ^[66]. Famous for his computer-like memory of F1-related facts, paired with an obliviance for the actual ongoing of the race, makes for quite funny viewing.

From 2009 he is replaced by Austrian journalist Ernst Hausleitner with former F1 Driver Alex Wurz as co-commentator.

[edit] Brazil

• TV Globo
  • Galvão Bueno - TV Globo Head of Sport Department and commentator (presenter) since 1970s
  • Reginaldo Leme - TV Globo commentator
  • Luciano Burti - Retired F1 driver, now commentator for TV Globo

[edit] Germany

• RTL Television
  • Florian König
  • Niki Lauda
  • Jochen Mass - retired F1 driver, former commentator

[edit] Italy

• RAI
  • Gianfranco Mazzoni - RAI commentator (presenter)
  • Ivan Capelli - retired F1 driver, now commentator for RAI.
  • Giorgio Piola - Journalist, designer and technical expert for RAI.
  • Mario Poltronieri - RAI commentator (presenter) from 1960s to 1994.

[edit] Japan

• Fuji TV
  • Jun Imamiya - Commentator
  • Kazuhito Kawai - Commentator
  • Motoyasu Moriwaki - ex-Honda R&D Co.,Ltd. engineer, now commentator for Fuji TV
  • Tetsuo Tsugawa - ex-Benetton Formula mechanic, now commentator for Fuji TV

[edit] Netherlands

• RTL 7
  • Olav Mol - Commentator
  • Allard Kalff - Pit reporter
  • Marcel Maaijer - presenter

[edit] Other

• Hermann Tilke - Designer of several new F1 circuits
• Tsutomu Tomita - President of Fuji Speedway and ex-Toyota F1 team principal

[edit] Former Formula One people

[edit] 1950s–

• Alfred Neubauer - The Rennleiter (Director) of the Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix team
• Enzo Ferrari - Ferrari and Scuderia Ferrari founder
• Colin Chapman - Lotus team founder and former team principal

[edit] 1960s–

• Keith Duckworth - Co-founder of Cosworth
• Bruce McLaren - McLaren founder
• Soichiro Honda - Honda and Honda F1 founder

[edit] 1970s–

• Gordon Murray - Former Brabham and McLaren designer
• Mauro Forghieri - Former Scuderia Ferrari designer
• Jean-Marie Balestre - Former president of the FIA and FISA

[edit] 1980s–

• John Barnard - Former McLaren, Scuderia Ferrari and Benetton designer
• Brian Hart - Designer engineering for teams Hart, Toleman and Arrows
• Giancarlo Minardi - Minardi founder

[edit] 1990s–

• Eddie Jordan - Jordan founder and former team principal
• Tom Walkinshaw - Owner of the defunct Arrows team
• Oliver Gavin - ex-safety car driver (1997–1999)

[edit] 2000s–

• Tony George - Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner
• Tony Purnell - Former Jaguar executive
• Pierre Dupasquier - Head of Michelin's Competition Department
• Paul Stoddart - Minardi owner and former team principal
• Jean Todt - former Scuderia Ferrari team principal

[edit] References