List of Formula One people

The following people play or have played significant roles in Formula One:

Drivers

"See": List of Formula One drivers

Administration

* Max Mosley - president of the FIA, the sport's rulemaking body
* Bernie Ecclestone - Owner, promoter and president of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration

* Charlie Whiting - FIA Formula One Race Director, Safety Delegate, Permanent Starter and head of the F1 Technical Department
* Jo Bauer - FIA Formula One Technical Delegate
* Gary Hartstein - Race doctor and first responder to crashes
* Bernd Mayländer - Driver of the Safety car
* Sid Watkins - Retired race doctor; president of the FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society and the FIA Institute for Motor Sport Safety

Team management

As at January 2008

Ferrari

* Luca di Montezemolo - Ferrari and Fiat president
* Jean Todt - Scuderia Ferrari executive director
* Stefano Domenicali - Team principal and Sporting Director
* Aldo Costa - Technical Director
* Nicholas Tombazis - Chief Designer
* Gilles Simon - Head of Engine Department
* Mario Almondo - Operations Director
* Rory Byrne - Design and Development Consultant
* Luca Baldisseri - Chief track engineer

McLaren

* Ron Dennis - McLaren team principal and co-owner
* Mansour Ojjeh - Co-owner
* Martin Whitmarsh - CEO of the McLaren Formula One team
* Norbert Haug - President in charge of Mercedes-Benz motorsport
* Paddy Lowe - Engineering Director, Head of all engineering department
* Neil Oatley - Design and Development Director
* Mike Coughlan - "Suspended from duty". Chief Designer

Williams

* Sir Frank Williams - Williams founder, team principal and co-owner
* Patrick Head - Co-founder (and Engineering Director)
* Sam Michael - Technical Director

Renault

* Bernard Rey - Renault F1 president
* Flavio Briatore - Renault F1 team principal and Managing Director
* Pat Symonds - Executive Director of Engineering
* Bob Bell - Technical Director
* Tim Densham - Chief Designer
* Rob White - Engine Technical Director
* Steve Nielsen - Sporting Manager
* Alan Permane - Chief Race Engineer
* Denis Chevrier - Head of Engine Track Operations

Honda

* Nick Fry - Honda F1 CEO
* Ross Brawn - Team principal
* Yasuhiro Wada - Chairman of the Honda F1 team and the General Manager of the Honda Motorsports Division
* Shuhei Nakamoto - Senior Technical Director
* Jörg Zander - Deputy Technical Director
* Loïc Bigois - Chief Aerodynamicist

Toyota

* Tadashi Yamashina - Toyota F1 team principal
* John Howett - President of Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) and the Toyota F1 team
* Pascal Vasselon - Senior General Manager Chassis
* Luca Marmorini - Technical Director in charge of engines
* Frank Dernie - Consultant

Red Bull

* Dietrich Mateschitz - Owner
* Christian Horner - Red Bull Racing team principal
* Adrian Newey - Chief Technical Officer
* Geoff Willis - Technical Director
* Alex Hitzinger - Head of Advanced Technologies for Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso

BMW Sauber

* Mario Theissen - BMW Sauber team principal. BMW Motorsport Director
* Peter Sauber - Consultant. Sauber founder
* Willy Rampf - Technical Director

Toro Rosso

* Dietrich Mateschitz - Owner
* Gerhard Berger - Co-owner
* Franz Tost - Scuderia Toro Rosso team principal
* Giorgio Ascanelli - Technical Director
* Alex Hitzinger - Head of Advanced Technologies for Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso

Super Aguri

* Aguri Suzuki - Super Aguri F1 founder, team principal and owner
* Mark Preston - Technical Director
* Daniele Audetto - Managing Director

Force India

* Vijay Mallya - Force India co-owner
* Michiel Mol - Force India co-owner
* Colin Kolles - Team principal and Managing Director
* Mike Gascoyne - Chief Technical Officer
* James Key - Technical Director

Tyres

* Hirohide Hamashima - Head of Bridgestone's Motorsport Tyre Development

Commentary & publicity

United Kingdom

* Murray Walker - Retired BBC and ITV commentator (presenter) famous for making ridiculous or non-sequitur comments "in the heat of the moment". Regarded for a long time as the voice of Formula One and British Motorsport. Commentator for Grand Prix Masters.
* ITV
** James Allen - ITV commentator (presenter) since Murray Walker's retirement in 2001. Former pit lane reporter.
** Martin Brundle - Retired driver and ITV commentator
* other TV channels
** Ben Edwards - Former F1 Digital + commentator, now working for various channels in the UK
* Magazines
** Matt Bishop - "F1 Racing" editor.
** Steve Matchett - "F1 Racing" technical editor and columnist
** Peter Windsor - "F1 Racing" consultant editor and columnist

* Bob Constanduros, on-circuit commentator at every Grand Prix

United States

* SPEED Channel
** Bob Varsha - SPEED Channel commentator
** David Hobbs - Retired driver and SPEED Channel commentator
** Steve Matchett - SPEED Channel commentator
** Peter Windsor - SPEED Channel reporter

Austria

* Heinz Prüller - ORF Austrian TV commentator from 1965 until present. Famous for his computer-like memory of F1-related facts, paired with an obliviance for the actual ongoing of the race, makes for quite funny viewing.

Brazil

* TV Globo
** Galvão Bueno - TV Globo Head of Sport Department and commentator (presenter) since 1970s
** Luciano Burti - Retired F1 driver, now commentator for TV Globo

Italy

* RAI
** Gianfranco Mazzoni - RAI commentator (presenter)
** Ivan Capelli - retired F1 driver, now commentator for RAI.
** Giorgio Piola - Journalist, designer and technical expert for RAI.
** Mario Poltronieri - RAI commentator (presenter) from 1960s to 1994.

Japan

* Fuji TV
** Jun Imamiya - Commentator
** Kazuhito Kawai - Commentator
** Motoyasu Moriwaki - ex-Honda R&D Co.,Ltd. engineer, now commentator for Fuji TV
** Tetsuo Tsugawa - ex-Benetton Formula mechanic, now commentator for Fuji TV

Netherlands

* RTL 7
** Olav Mol - Commentator
** Allard Kalff - Pit reporter
** Marcel Maaijer - presenter

Other

* Hermann Tilke - Designer of several new F1 circuits
* Tsutomu Tomita - President of Fuji Speedway and ex-Toyota F1 team principal

Former Formula One people

1950s–

* Alfred Neubauer - The "Rennleiter" (Director) of the Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix team
* Enzo Ferrari - Ferrari and Scuderia Ferrari founder
* Colin Chapman - Lotus team founder and former team principal

1960s–

* Keith Duckworth - Co-founder of Cosworth
* Bruce McLaren - McLaren founder
* Soichiro Honda - Honda and Honda F1 founder

1970s–

* Gordon Murray - Former Brabham and McLaren designer
* Mauro Forghieri - Former Scuderia Ferrari designer
* Jean-Marie Balestre - Former president of the FIA and FISA

1980s–

* John Barnard - Former McLaren, Scuderia Ferrari and Benetton designer
* Brian Hart - Designer engineering for teams Hart, Toleman and Arrows
* Giancarlo Minardi - Minardi founder

1990s–

* Eddie Jordan - Jordan founder and former team principal
* Tom Walkinshaw - Owner of the defunct Arrows team
* Oliver Gavin - ex-safety car driver (1997–1999)

2000s–

* Tony George - Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner
* Tony Purnell - Former Jaguar executive
* Pierre Dupasquier - Head of Michelin's Competition Department
* Paul Stoddart - Minardi owner and former team principal