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

Drivers

See: List of Formula One drivers

Administration

Ecclestone in 2006

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 of 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 Baldisserri - 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 2008. 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.

From 2009 he is replaced by austrian journalist Ernst Hausleitner with former F1 Driver Alex Wurz as co-commentator.

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

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

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 * [[Bernd Mayländer]] - Driver of the [[Safety car]]
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