World Championship team bosses — Where are they now?
by Richard Jenkins
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I have endeavoured to try and provide as up-to-date and accurate information as possible for everyone featured on this site, and I am always indebted to the many contributors who help with the information on this site and sadly, space doesn't allow for me to thank everyone here. However, I would like to dedicate the ongoing work, progress and achievements on this site to those contributors who are sadly no longer with us but helped aide this project so much: Len Calinoff, Phil Harms, Gene Heeter, Earl Ma, Don Radbruch, Roscoe H Rann and Barry Lake.
Updates and corrections are always welcomed — please either join the debate here or feel free to contact me on with any information you might have.
This part of the site is also dedicated to the memory of Tony Marsh, as it was his post-Grand Prix life that served as the initial inspiration for "Where Are They Now" back in 1998 For more about what this part of the site is trying to achieve, please read my full introduction.
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| Name | Born | Died | Nat | Teams | Biography |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Salvadori | 12 May 1922 Dovercourt, Essex |
03 Jun 2012 Monte Carlo, Monaco |
GB | Cooper (1965-1969) |
Former host of the reunions at his Monaco flat, which attracted a huge number of past Grand Prix drivers. A frequent visitor to historic events until ill-health, Roy also was a F1 team manager in the 1960's. (Last updated 11 Nov 2012) |
| Andrea Sassetti | 14 Feb 1960 San Rustico, Montesanpietrangeli, nr. Fermo |
I | Andrea Moda (1992) |
Shoe magnate in Italy who was behind and responsible for one of the more infamous F1 outfits. Sometimes shady, sometimes inept and sometimes unlucky, he was later jailed for fraud. Came into money via a huge win in a poker game. Now runs restaurants and nightclubs and is involved in the construction business. Still interested in the sport, and keeps two of the Andrea Moda cars at his home, and sometimes drives it to work to keep it in good condition. (Last updated 13 Aug 2012) | |
| Peter Sauber | 13 Oct 1943 Zurich |
CH | Sauber (1993-2012) |
Ended his direct involvement as a team owner in 2005, then joined BMW as a consultant. But in 2009, when they left the sport, he bought his team back and runs it again in F1, although in 2012, he handed over day-to-day running of his team to Monisha Kaltenborn, and is largely on hand now as a consultant. Has also worked in broadcasting since 2005. (Last updated 24 Oct 2012) | |
| Enrique Scalabroni | 20 Oct 1949 Alta Gracia |
RA | Williams (1989-1990) |
Since F1, he has been very busy, working with Asiatech, Durango and Peugeot, amongst others. Was technical director of BCN in GP2, but bought out in 2008, and is now designing both sports and road cars and working as a consultant. (Last updated 24 Jan 2010) | |
| Hans Scherenberg | 28 Oct 1910 Dresden |
17 Nov 2000 Stuttgart |
D | Mercedes (1954) |
Involved with Daimler for years, as a designer, engineer and general manager until his retirement in 1977. |
| Gunter Schmid | 13 Aug 1932 Mannheim |
29 May 2005 Weinheim |
D | ATS (Germany) & Rial (1978-1989) |
Died recently, after a brain tumour. His motorsport involvement was through his alloy wheels business, which he ran until the late 1990's, before handing it over to his family. He weas also an ex-racer, appearing in rallies and touring cars. (Last updated 24 Jan 2010) |
| Ken Sears | 26 Jun 1948 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
GB | Surtees (1976-1978) |
Stayed in racing after joining Surtees from technical college, as he moved to Lotus and worked on their road car programme for some years. He is now a business consultant, part-time professor of engineering at Kingston University, a corporate business specialist, business engineer planner and also works in intellectual property, as well as a consultant to a number of business and car companies. Now lives in Hertfordshire, near Hitchin. (Last updated 24 Jan 2010) | |
| Doug Serrurier | 09 Dec 1920 Germiston, Transvaal |
04 Jun 2006 Alberton, Johannesburg |
ZA | L.D.S. (Louis Doug Serrurier) (1962-1968) |
Died recently after a long battle with ill-health. Retired, in his 80's, from building and restoring cars in his workshop near Johannesburg. (Last updated 24 Jan 2010) |
| Alex Shnaider | 03 Aug 1968 St. Petersburg |
RUS | Jordan, Midland (2005-2006) |
Owner of the Midland group, a firm which have interests in hotels, shipping, industry and many more projects. Born in Russia, moved to Israel and now lives in Toronto, Canada, where he also has citizenship. Sold up F1 outfit in 2006 to Spyker. He also has interests in football club Maccabi Tel Aviv and has other business interests. (Last updated 24 Jan 2010) | |
| Jonathan Sieff | 21 Dec 1933 Marylebone, London |
GB | Cooper (1965-1969) |
Member of the Marks and Spencer family who remained in the business world until his retirement. His son, also called Jonathan, is now the business high-flyer, with a huge global empire. Sieff Sr. also raced, but was badly hurt in a Le Mans crash, which still affects him slightly today. However, he is still a visitor to historic events. Lives on the Berkshire border. (Last updated 24 Jan 2010) | |
| Martin Slater | 16 Jan 1948 Otley, Yorkshire |
GB | Lyncar (1974-1975) |
Still works as an independent designer, fabricator and engineer, both in and away from motorsport. He still runs the Lyncar firm. (Last updated 24 Jan 2010) | |
| Andy Smallman | 13 May 1950 Rugeley, Staffordshire |
29 Nov 1975 Arkley, nr. Barnet, Hertfordshire |
GB | Hill, Lola (1974-1975) |
Killed in the same air crash that claimed the lives of Graham Hill, Tony Brise and 3 other team members. An extremely promising designer, he was, like Brise, expected to achieve greater things. (Last updated 24 Jan 2010) |
| Mark Smith | 09 Mar 1961 Pelsall, Staffordshire |
GB | Force India, Lotus, Caterham (2009- ) |
Former Red Bull and Jordan designer who was then joint technical director at Force India. In 2011, though, he switched to Caterham to be their technical director. (Last updated 11 Nov 2012) | |
| Tony Southgate | 25 May 1940 Coventry, Warwickshire |
GB | Arrows, BRM, Osella, Shadow, Theodore (1970-1983) |
Instrumental in Arrows and Shadow's history. More recently has been involved as a technical consultant to numerous GT teams and also appeared in some historic races in the recent past. He currently works with the Historic F1 series as a scrutineer and consultant and released his autobiography in 2010. He is now also the President of the 750 Motor Club (Last updated 13 Mar 2012) | |
| Eddie Stait | 04 Oct 1938 Guildford, Surrey |
GB | Cooper (1964-1967) |
Former Cooper designer and mechanic who still keeps links with the historic side of the sport. (Last updated 24 Jan 2010) | |
| Louis Stanley | 06 Jan 1912 Wallasey, The Wirral, Merseyside |
08 Jan 2004 Trumpington, Cambridgeshire |
GB | B.R.M.(British Racing Motors) (1974-1977) |
Extremely controversial figure, who was involved in motorsport safety. Retired in 1979 and stayed involved with the sport, but was also well known for his books, not just about motorsport, but on subjects as diverse as ceramics, golfs and churches. |
| Gunther Steiner | 07 Apr 1965 Merano |
I | Jaguar (2003) |
Later moved to the US and NASCAR. Now also runs Composite Fibreworks, which includes fabrication for a number of cars in a wide variety of racing series in the US. (Last updated 16 Mar 2013) | |
| Paul Stewart | 29 Oct 1965 Dumbarton, Scotland |
GB | Stewart (1997-1999) |
Son of Jackie, Paul was a good driver but chose team management, with his top PSR British F3 team and then with his dad's F1 team. In 2000, Paul announced he had cancer, but happily now, the disease seems beaten. Still attends GP's, but less regularly now, and lives in Bedfordshire. | |
| Sir Jackie Stewart | 11 Jun 1939 Milton, Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire, Scotland |
GB | Stewart (1997-1999) |
Recently knighted. Although he has done a huge amount of activities since leaving F1. Was involved with Ford, running his own successful team before joining Jaguar as a consultant after 'The Green Cat' bought out his team. However this association ended in 2004. Fully recovered after a recent cancer scare. (Last updated 11 Nov 2012) | |
| Giorgio Stirano | 23 Feb 1950 Torino |
I | Forti, Osella (1980-1996) |
Set up Albatech, a company involved in numerous disciplines within motorsport. Now works in TV and as a journalist, and is a consultant to the CSAI regards car safety. But he still is involved with cars, designing road cars, and worked with the Opel DTM team. (Last updated 24 Jan 2010) | |
| Paul Stoddart | 26 May 1955 Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria |
AUS | Minardi (2001-2005) |
Controversial boss of Minardi, who transferred the team to Champ Car. Upon the IRL merger, he stopped running the team. He continues his business projects, however, and remains head of his aviation firm, European Aviation, as well as often appearing in the media. (Last updated 24 Jan 2010) | |
| Ray Stokoe | 15 Sep 1939 Slough, Berkshire |
GB | Williams (1975) |
Also worked as a designer at X-Trac, March and Leyton House, and more recently, at Malcolm Wilson's Ford team. A laid back character, he was last working in both Germany and England as a freelance designer. (Last updated 23 Jun 2011) | |
| Nigel Stroud | 01 Aug 1953 Marylebone, North London |
GB | ATS, Hesketh (1977-1979) |
Better known for his work in sportscars, he was most recently involved in CART projects and now also works on historic racing cars. Currently lives in Illinois. (Last updated 24 Jan 2010) | |
| John Surtees | 11 Feb 1934 Tatsfield, Surrey |
GB | Surtees (1970-1978) |
Formed his own F1 team but now lives in Surrey, where he is heavily involved in the historic racing world, motorbikes especially, along with looking after his business interests. However, he suffered tragedy in 2009 when his young son, Henry, was killed in a freak F2 accident. Still keeping busy, despite recent ill health, as he recently ran the British entry for the A1 GP series. Awarded an OBE in 2008. (Last updated 11 Nov 2012) | |
| Aguri Suzuki | 08 Sep 1960 Tokyo |
J | Super Aguri F1 (2006-2008) |
Formed his own Formula Nippon and IRL teams but in 2006, he ambitiously attempted Formula 1 with his own team. They became popular, and did very well considering their budget, but money problems led to the team disbanding in 2008. Aguri had a brief break, before returning to team management in F.Nippon, Super GT and Japanese F3 and karts. (Last updated 6 Apr 2010) | |
| Jacques Swaters | 30 Oct 1926 Woluwe-St-Lambert, Brussels |
10 Dec 2010 Brussels |
B | E.N.B. (Ecurie Nationale Belge) (1962) |
Kept links with the sport until his death in 2010 at his home. Ran a Ferrari garage in Spa, as he was the Belgian importer for Ferrari. The last survivor of the 1953 Swiss Grand Prix, Jacques was an oprhan at 12. During WW2, he became a member of the Belgian Resistance and was jailed, but survived months of interrogation. It was partly due to the money inherited by being an orphan that led to him starting racing. (Last updated 23 Jun 2011) |
| Pat Symonds | 11 Jun 1953 Bedford |
GB | Benetton (1997-2001) |
Was with Renault as engineering director, but for his role in the Singapore GP race fixing scandal, he was banned from the sport for 5 years. Still involved with F1 in the only form allowed to him at present, as a consultant, with the Marussia F1 team, but he is doing as much as can be allowed with them in the likelihood he will be their technical director in time. Also currently writing technical articles for F1 racing and a French magazine, and runs his own successful engineering consultancy firm. (Last updated 19 Nov 2011) |
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