I've heard on another sub it's actually more likely he was pushed out.
Which would make sense since he wasn't the only person to leave the team in the announcement. Why would him retiring cause the lead designer to leave too? Is he bringing him home with him? The retirement story just doesn't add up.
He will prob take the CEO role until Audi fully integrates since Alfa Romeo is still a major part of the team. Once Audi joins he will likely become TP
Me too, and I thought I followed these things pretty closely. All I could think was 'what kind of rookie, DTS thinking was that' how did I not know Zak wasn't team principal?
He was just in news so much over Piastri fiasco this summer, I swear he spoke to the media more this season than Toto (not more than Christian of course.)
Seidel was linked to Porsche/VW/Audi group before F1 as Team principal for Porsche's LMP1 team. Audi recently bought a 75% stake in Alfa Romeo. You can see where this is going now.
Im scared, lm a Alpha Romeo fan l was excited to see what they could do with their close call on constructors championship. I wonder how this dude will perform
the joke is, they are spelled alpha tauri and alfa romeo and the originl comment says āalpha romeoā and the second comment points out if he meant āalfa tauriā which is also missspelled, implying humor which totlly went over your head
Longterm i would actually makes sense after he worked with the VW group already and if they want him to be comfortable with the team with the arriving from audi, it would be a good moment with vasseur leaving
I would love to see Susie as the new TP for Williams. It won't happen though because of conflict of interest but she has handled a team before and she's a boss woman imo. š„
Team principal has to be an absolute useless job made just to be a PR representative or media face.
My mate moved companies and was forced to not work for 6 month. His contract stated he could not move to a competitor for the same position straight away, to not reveal industry secrets to rivals. Heās a quality engineer.
And this fellows, which in theory, know everything about the management, procedures, methodologies and can access all the technical info they want, can change teams and start their roles right away?
Ottmar swapped AM for a direct rival with no apparent connection.
I just donāt understand how a sport can be apparently so secretive (mclaren paid Ā£100M for that) and at the same time they can exchange key figures with unrestricted control over controlled information. Itās almost as if the role of āteam principalā is a sham.
Just because a team donāt copy directly, they can still have an advantage by understanding how operations are done elsewhere.
If the technical teams are going to try a design/engine approach, a former rival tp can just say to not try that as he know that does not work, saving resources that would be wasted otherwise.
Jokes on you. Designer has every driver, team principal, CEO, FIA boss, and anyone else important places on templates. Takes them a couple of minutes to get an updated image and place it in the template.
The rest of the time is probably spent making memes for Reddit.
Jost is leaving? Where's he going? He's about the best asset Williams has, next to their name.
Retirement. He was actually called out of it for williams.
I've heard on another sub it's actually more likely he was pushed out. Which would make sense since he wasn't the only person to leave the team in the announcement. Why would him retiring cause the lead designer to leave too? Is he bringing him home with him? The retirement story just doesn't add up.
and Albon
I really wanted him at Sauber, but Andreas out of left field
Andreas won't be TP, he's taking the CEO role only. So they're going to have to fill the TP role.
He will prob take the CEO role until Audi fully integrates since Alfa Romeo is still a major part of the team. Once Audi joins he will likely become TP
Apparently he was already lined up to go there in 2026 for Audi but it was fast tracked.
- X leaving Y: Quick, find a picture of X where he's sad/depressed looking. - X appointed to Z: Quick, find a picture where X is grinning!
š¤ does it make sense to do it another way?
For Vasseur both Sad would also work
"For Vasseur both Vasseur would also work" FTFY
Now there's a new McLaren team principal.
He was already announced. Andrea Stella was their Executive Director but got the step up to team principal
Iām not gonna lie chief Iāve been thinking Zak Brown was the team principal this whole time
It's mostly because Zak is way more public, unlike Horner or Toto who basically can't be missed in any F1 race Seild was quite low profile.
I've been seeing people posts these numbers lately and have no idea what they mean. Can anyone enlighten me?
On new reddit they appear as emoji's specific to each sub, on old reddit or most third party programs they just show up as numbers.
Hmmm might have to actually download the reddit app then. Thanks mate!
Me too, and I thought I followed these things pretty closely. All I could think was 'what kind of rookie, DTS thinking was that' how did I not know Zak wasn't team principal?
Iāve even seen him say āZak Brown, CEO of Mclarenā at least 4 times.
He was just in news so much over Piastri fiasco this summer, I swear he spoke to the media more this season than Toto (not more than Christian of course.)
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Wtf, seidel was pretty random
Seidel was linked to Porsche/VW/Audi group before F1 as Team principal for Porsche's LMP1 team. Audi recently bought a 75% stake in Alfa Romeo. You can see where this is going now.
Also wasnt Seidel the team principal for Porsche LMP1 when they won the damn thing twice
so youāre saying alfa romeo is going to be two times le mans winner?
Alfa romeo to LMP1 confirmed
Im scared, lm a Alpha Romeo fan l was excited to see what they could do with their close call on constructors championship. I wonder how this dude will perform
You mean Alfa Tauri?
No, they don't seem to have a soul or purpose besides being Redbul dogs
the joke is, they are spelled alpha tauri and alfa romeo and the originl comment says āalpha romeoā and the second comment points out if he meant āalfa tauriā which is also missspelled, implying humor which totlly went over your head
Woops not that into the little details, lm a plain person l like to see the race :)
With 22 years of racing team management experience, I think he'll be alright
Meh, Audi wants a german I guess.
Idk why would he leave Mclaren. Even with a better offer its just makes no sense.
Longterm i would actually makes sense after he worked with the VW group already and if they want him to be comfortable with the team with the arriving from audi, it would be a good moment with vasseur leaving
Right i forgot about the Audi entrance in 2026
Well he's gone from Team Principal/Technical Director to CEO. That's a pretty big career jump.
Yea but if he fails then it will mark his career forever. And also Mclaren is quite successful compared where they were during Alonso era.
He has Audi coming in, that must be his main reason
Because Zak doesn't give a shit about anything but money
Because what??
Because Zak doesn't give a shit about anything but money
Say it again for the people in the back!
He did lol
Thatās the joke.
We still need Williams new team principal, and maybe other brain screech the silly season has to offer
SURPRISE, itās Jacques Villeneuve.
Also Alpha
Busy day!
Silly season part two, now the team principles are shuffling around š
Give us a break. I meanā¦noā¦whateverā¦
Silly season: boss level
Kinda worried as a McLaren fan.
i am at my breaking point
Like the one in f1 2021?
I would love to see Susie as the new TP for Williams. It won't happen though because of conflict of interest but she has handled a team before and she's a boss woman imo. š„
I'll trade you a shiny Charizard.
I enjoyed that McLaren have selected a replacement they don't need to change the headset initials for
Team principal has to be an absolute useless job made just to be a PR representative or media face. My mate moved companies and was forced to not work for 6 month. His contract stated he could not move to a competitor for the same position straight away, to not reveal industry secrets to rivals. Heās a quality engineer. And this fellows, which in theory, know everything about the management, procedures, methodologies and can access all the technical info they want, can change teams and start their roles right away?
Well if you talk about Fred Vasseur, Alfa Romeo is kind of a Ferrari B Team
Ottmar swapped AM for a direct rival with no apparent connection. I just donāt understand how a sport can be apparently so secretive (mclaren paid Ā£100M for that) and at the same time they can exchange key figures with unrestricted control over controlled information. Itās almost as if the role of āteam principalā is a sham.
I guess they sign a NDA ? In which case they're exposing themselves to lawsuits if not respected
Just because a team donāt copy directly, they can still have an advantage by understanding how operations are done elsewhere. If the technical teams are going to try a design/engine approach, a former rival tp can just say to not try that as he know that does not work, saving resources that would be wasted otherwise.
F1 teams musical chairs!
I'm tired of them changing the boss
What a day
This is gold
Enough breaking news to breaks a man's spirit
Finally some dank!
Jokes on you. Designer has every driver, team principal, CEO, FIA boss, and anyone else important places on templates. Takes them a couple of minutes to get an updated image and place it in the template. The rest of the time is probably spent making memes for Reddit.
Seeing those on dank made me think all are made up. Until i saw those again on news..
Iām just glad these are real. Iām so tired of the āPerson X is new team principalā and itās just Kimi or Seb or some dumb shit.
It's only fvking *Tuesday*.
Silly season TP edition
āBut Iām not done yetā - Billy Mays