Sunday, March 21, 2010

Bring on the women: Sauber names Kaltenborn Managing Director

January 10, 2010 by vmr  
Filed under People & Events, Top Story

News, perhaps, that mainly the female fans of Formula1 will find wonderful and exciting came from Sauber F1 on Friday, in that Monisha Kaltenborn has been named the first woman Managing Director of a Formula1 team.  According to ITV, the Austrian will manage the day-to-day management of the team at the factory instead of owner [...]

Some F1 Investors Are Public, Others Secretive: Who Is Behind the Scenes at QADBAK?

November 20, 2009 by vmr  
Filed under Parc Fermé

With today’s announcement that the Williams team has sold a minority share to an investment group headed by Austrian Toto Wolff, one begins to think about all those who invest in F1.  There are the car manufacturers (though they are becoming a dying breed), the sponsors, the individuals, former team officials saving a team, and [...]