F1 Racing - UK (2020-07)

“NOW IS THE

RIGHTTIME TO

MOVE ON FROM MY

ROLE ANDSEEK A

NEW ENGINEERING

BUSINESS

CHALLENGE”

GP RACING JULY 2020 21

Supportfor Zanardi

is coming from both

the motorsportand

cycling fraternities

Cowell has already

vacatedhis managing

directorrole but

is stayingon as a

consultant this year

PICTURES

:MARK SUTTON

;SIMON GALL

OW

AY;

SHUTTERSTOCK

;MO

TO

RSPOR

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MASTERMIND

Yourchosenspecialistsubject:

theworld’sgreatestmotorsport

Jenson Button won the title in 2009, but finished

in thetop three in which two other seasons?

Which constructor achieved its soleFormula 1

victory in the 1976Austrian GP?

Zeltweg only ever held oneAustrian GP. What

year was it and who won the race?

True or false: Nigel Mansell failedtoqualify twice

in his career, at the 1980 Italian and 1981 British

Grands Prix, both times drivingfor Lotus?

OlivierPanis, Jacques Lafitte and which two other

drivers won F1 races driving a Ligier?

True or false: the Spanish GP has never been held

inAugust priortothis season?

Atwhich circuit are Mario Andretti andLewis

Hamilton the only driverstohavestarted an F1

race from pole position?

How many times has Mercedes won the British

Grand Prix: six, seven or eight?

Which was Rubens Barrichello’s last season

inFormula 1?

Which current driver led a world championship GP

for the first time inAustria in 2014?

r BAR) and 2011 (second.fo 2004 (third, driving 1

renzo Bandini, 1964Lo 3 nskePe 2 r McLaren)fo driving

ueTr 6 trick DepaillerPa Didier Pironi and 5 ueTr 4

ltteri BottasVa 10 20119 Seven 8 Fuji 7

Powertrains managing director Andy Cowell has been

with the company for 16 years following previous stints at

BMW and Cosworth in Formula 1.

Cowell has vacated hisrole and willdepart the company

next year after a period of acting as aconsultant,which

will includemanag ing thetransition to his successors,a

leadership team whichwill consist of existing staff:Hywel

Thomas(managing director), AdamAllsopp (powertrain

director),Richard Stevens (operations directo r)an d

RonaldBallhaus (finance andIT dir ecto r). Th e natureof

the new structure isini tself ana cknowledgment of how

many hats Cowell wore, from managing the business

to playing anactive role in engineering oversight.He

informed Mercedes of his intentionsin Januaryand sai d

in a statement,“Ihave decided that nowis the right time

to move onfrom my role

and seek a newengineering

business challenge.”

What that challenge is

remainsto be seen, although

some pundit s have speculated

that his ultimate destination

may be AstonMartin,which

is returningto F1 next season

as a manu facturer viaa

rebranding of the Racing

Point team, with which it hasa

major shareholder– Lawrence

Stroll – in common. Mercedes

F1 teamprincipal Toto Wolff is a minor shareholder.

Aston Martinwill continue to run Mercedes hybrid

powertrains inF1next season. Given theroadcar

company’simperilledfina ncial state – which opened

the door to Stroll’sacquisition int he first place– it’s

unlikelythe funds or the will exists for aworksengine

programme in Formula1 wh en thereis a balance sheet

in urgent need of shoring up.

stoppress

AsthiseditionofGPRacingwent to press,

Paralympian andformer F1driver Alex Zanardi remained

in a medically induced coma after suffering severe head

injuriesduring a hand-cycling race in Italy. All atGP

Racingsend their best wishesto Alex and his family.

ANDY COWELL

“NOW IS THE

RIGHTTIME TO

MOVE ON FROM MY

ROLE ANDSEEK A

NEW ENGINEERING

BUSINESS

CHALLENGE”

GP RACING JULY 2020 21

Supportfor Zanardi

is coming from both

the motorsportand

cycling fraternities

Cowell has already

vacatedhis managing

directorrole but

is stayingon as a

consultant this year

PICTURES

:MARK SUTTON

;SIMON GALL

OW

AY;

SHUTTERSTOCK

;MO

TO

RSPOR

TIMAGES

*CONTENTS MA

YBE SUBJECT

TO

CHANGE

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5

Q6

Q7

Q8

Q9

Q10

F1

MASTERMIND

Yourchosenspecialistsubject:

theworld’sgreatestmotorsport

Jenson Button won the title in 2009, but finished

in thetop three in which two other seasons?

Which constructor achieved its soleFormula 1

victory in the 1976Austrian GP?

Zeltweg only ever held oneAustrian GP. What

year was it and who won the race?

True or false: Nigel Mansell failedtoqualify twice

in his career, at the 1980 Italian and 1981 British

Grands Prix, both times drivingfor Lotus?

OlivierPanis, Jacques Lafitte and which two other

drivers won F1 races driving a Ligier?

True or false: the Spanish GP has never been held

inAugust priortothis season?

Atwhich circuit are Mario Andretti andLewis

Hamilton the only driverstohavestarted an F1

race from pole position?

How many times has Mercedes won the British

Grand Prix: six, seven or eight?

Which was Rubens Barrichello’s last season

inFormula 1?

Which current driver led a world championship GP

for the first time inAustria in 2014?

r BAR) and 2011 (second.fo 2004 (third, driving 1

renzo Bandini, 1964Lo 3 nskePe 2 r McLaren)fo driving

ueTr 6 trick DepaillerPa Didier Pironi and 5 ueTr 4

ltteri BottasVa 10 20119 Seven 8 Fuji 7

Powertrains managing director Andy Cowell has been
with the company for 16 years following previous stints at
BMW and Cosworth in Formula 1.
Cowell has vacated hisrole and willdepart the company
next year after a period of acting as aconsultant,which
will includemanag ing thetransition to his successors,a
leadership team whichwill consist of existing staff:Hywel
Thomas(managing director), AdamAllsopp (powertrain
director),Richard Stevens (operations directo r)an d
RonaldBallhaus (finance andIT dir ecto r). Th e natureof
the new structure isini tself ana cknowledgment of how
many hats Cowell wore, from managing the business
to playing anactive role in engineering oversight.He
informed Mercedes of his intentionsin Januaryand sai d
in a statement,“Ihave decided that nowis the right time
to move onfrom my role
and seek a newengineering
business challenge.”
What that challenge is
remainsto be seen, although
some pundit s have speculated
that his ultimate destination
may be AstonMartin,which
is returningto F1 next season
as a manu facturer viaa
rebranding of the Racing
Point team, with which it hasa
major shareholder– Lawrence
Stroll – in common. Mercedes
F1 teamprincipal Toto Wolff is a minor shareholder.
Aston Martinwill continue to run Mercedes hybrid
powertrains inF1next season. Given theroadcar
company’simperilledfina ncial state – which opened
the door to Stroll’sacquisition int he first place– it’s
unlikelythe funds or the will exists for aworksengine
programme in Formula1 wh en thereis a balance sheet
in urgent need of shoring up.

stoppress
AsthiseditionofGPRacingwent to press,
Paralympian andformer F1driver Alex Zanardi remained
in a medically induced coma after suffering severe head
injuriesduring a hand-cycling race in Italy. All atGP
Racingsend their best wishesto Alex and his family.

ANDY COWELL