Team Principal

In Formula One, the team principal is the person who is in charge of a constructor team and its personnel. They are usually responsible for issuing team orders and making day-to-day decisions.
Famous examples include Ron Dennis (), Jean Todt (), Frank Williams (), Christian Horner () and Colin Chapman (). World Drivers' Champions like Alain Prost and Jackie Stewart also became team principals for their own teams after retiring from racing. The most successful team principal of all time is Williams, with nine Team Principal titles, and has led his team on a regular basis since its formation in , despite the car accident that left him paralysed in . Todt was President of the FIA from 2009 until 2021.
Paddy Lowe, as Executive Direction (Technical), is the current title-winning team principal, though he left the role in January 2017.
Monisha Kaltenborn became the first female team principal in Formula One history in after taking charge of the team, but she too left in June 2017.
==Current team principals==
Name 	Year Started	Team	Previous Teams
Bruno Famin 	 	 	
Frédéric Vasseur	 	 	
Andreas Seidl 	 	 	
Christian Horner	 	 	
Mike Krack 	 	 	
🇯🇵 Ayao Komatsu 	 	 	
Franz Tost 	 	 	
Toto Wolff 	 	 	
James Vowles 	 	 	
Andrea Stella 	 	 	
==Past Team Principals==
Name 	Duration 	Team
George Abecassis 	 	
 	 	
Cyril Abiteboul 	 	
 	 	
Christijan Albers 	 	
 Ove Andersson 	 	
 	 	
Maurizio Arrivabene 	 	
 	 	
Rocco Benetton 	 	
 	 	
John Booth 	 	
 	 	
Éric Boullier 	 	
 	 	
Jack Brabham 	 	
 	 	
Ross Brawn 	 	
 	 	
Flavio Briatore 	 	
 	 	
Eric Broadley 	 	
Jost Capito 	2021-2022	
Trevor Carlin 	 	
Colin Chapman 	 	
 	 	
John Cooper 	 	
 	 	
Luca Montezemolo 	 	
 	 	
Ron DennisDoes not hold position of "Team Principal". 	 	
 	 	
Stefano Domenicali 	 	
 	 	
Bernie Ecclestone 	 	
 	 	
Tony Fernandes 	 	
 	 	
Sante Ghedini 	 	
 	 	
Dan Gurney 	 	
 	 	
Eddie Jordan 	 	
 	 	
 Monisha Kaltenborn 	 	
 	 	
Colin Kolles 	 	
 	 	
Jean-Luc Lagardère 	 	
 	 	
Guy Ligier 	
- 	
Gérard Lopez 	 	
 	 	
Paddy Lowe do not employ anyone with the role of "team principal". However, Paddy Lowe, in his role as Executive Director (Technical), performed the role of a team principal.	 	
 	 	
Marco Mattiacci 	 	
Teddy Mayer 	 	
 	 	
Bruce McLaren 	 	
 	 	
Charlie Moody 	 	
 	 	
Max Mosley 	
- 	
Don Nichols 	 	
 	 	
Roberto Nosetto 	 	
Finbarr O'ConnellAppointed by Smith & Williamson to be Caterham's administrator, hence became the de facto Team Principal. 	 	
Luis Pérez-Sala 	 	
Alain Prost 	 	
 	 	
Manfredi Ravetto 	 	
Andrea Sassetti 	 	
Peter Sauber 	 	
 	 	
Peter Schetty 	 	
 	 	
Louis Stanley 	 	
 	 	
 Jackie Stewart 	 	
 	 	
Paul Stoddart 	 	
 	 	
Aguri Suzuki 	 	
 	 	
Alex Tai 	 	
Ron Tauranac 	 	
 	 	
Jean Todt 	 	
 	 	
Tsutomu Tomita 	 	
 	 	
 Ken Tyrrell 	 	
 	 	
Nello Ugolini 	 	
 	 	
Tony Vandervell 	 	
 	 	
Ernesto Vita 	 	
Tom Walkinshaw 	 	
 	 	
Martin Whitmarsh 	 	
 	 	
Frank Williams 	 	
 	 	
Teddy Yip 	 	
 	 	
Mattia Binotto 	 	
 	 	
Jost Capito 	 	
 	 	
Otmar Szafnauer 	- 	
==By team==
Team 	Team principals
AFM 	Alexander von Falkenhausen (1952–1953)
Andrea Moda 	Andrea Sassetti (1992)
ATS 	Günter Schmid (1978–1984)
Benetton 	Peter Collins (1985–1989) Flavio Briatore (1990–1997) Rocco Benetton (1998–start of 2000) Flavio Briatore (2000–2001)
BMW Sauber 	Mario Theissen (2006–2009)
Brawn 	Ross Brawn (2009)
Caterham 	
 Tony Fernandes (2012) Cyril Abiteboul (2013–July 2014) Christijan Albers (July–November 2014) Manfredi Ravetto (2014) Finbarr O'Connell ("de facto" Team Principal, November 2014)
Coloni 	Enzo Coloni (1987-1992)
Eifelland 	Günther Hennerici (1972)
Eurobrun 	Walter Brun (1988-1990)
Ferrari 	Peter Schetty (1971–1972)
 Luca Montezemolo (1974–1975)
 Daniele Audetto (1976)
 Roberto Nosetto (1977)
 Marco Piccinini (1978-1988)
 Cesare Fiorio (1989-1991)
 Claudio Lombardi (1991)
 Sante Ghedini (1992-1993)
 Jean Todt (1993–2007) Stefano Domenicali (2008–April 2014) Marco Mattiacci (April–November 2014) Maurizio Arrivabene (2015–2018)
 Mattia Binotto (2019-2022) Frédéric Vasseur (2023-present)
Force India 	Vijay Mallya (2008–July 2018)
Forti Corse 	Guido Forti (1995-1996)
Haas 	Günther Steiner (2016–present)
Jordan 	Eddie Jordan (1991-2005)
Life 	
 Ernesto Vita (1990)
Lotus 	Colin Chapman (1958–1982) Peter Warr (1982–1989) Peter Collins (1989–19994) Tony Fernandes (2010–2011) Éric Boullier (2012–2013) Gérard Lopez (2014–2015)
Manor 	Stephen Fitzpatrick (2016)
Marussia 	John Booth (2010–2011)
McLaren 	Bruce McLaren (1963–1970) Teddy Mayer (1970–1982) Ron Dennis (1981–2008) Martin Whitmarsh (2009–2013) Ron Dennis (2014–2016) Éric Boullier (2017–2018) Andreas Seidl (2019–2022)
Mercedes 	Alfred Neubauer (1954–1955) Ross Brawn (2010–2013) Paddy Lowe (2014–2016)
Minardi 	Giancarlo Minardi (1985–2000) Paul Stoddart (2001–2005)
Porsche 	Fritz Huschke von Hanstein (1957–1964)
Prost 	Alain Prost (1997–2001)
Racing Point	Otmar Szafnauer (2018–2020)
Red Bull 	Christian Horner (2005–present)
Renault 	Flavio Briatore (2002–2009) Éric Boullier (2010–2011) Frédéric Vasseur (2016–start of 2017)
Rial 	Günter Schmid (1988–1989)
Sauber 	
 Peter Sauber (1993–2005, 2010-2012) Monisha Kaltenborn (2012-2017) Frédéric Vasseur (2017-2018)
Stewart 	Jackie Stewart (1997–1999)
Tyrrell 	Ken Tyrrell (1970–1997) Harvey Postlethwaite (1998)
Williams 	Frank Williams (1972–2012) Claire Williams (2013-2021) Jost Capito (2021-2022)
Zakspeed 	Erich Zakowski (1985–1989)
==Notes==
Category:Personnel
Category:Team principals