The Formula One Teams Association confirmed today that Martin Whitmarsh will continue in his role as chairman in 2011.
However Stefano Domenicali has stepped down from the vice chairman role, and has been replaced by Eric Boullier of Renault.
Ferrari will still have a close interest in FOTA as Aldo Costa has replaced Ross Brawn as the chairman of the Technical Working Group. RBR’s Christian Horner remains chairman of the Sporting Working Group.
In making the announcement FOTA trumpeted recent developments, including the Resource Restriction Agreement: “FOTA is also extremely active in the monitoring and controlling of the costs associated to F1 racing. On the one hand, it has made possible the definition and implementation of the Resource Restriction Agreement, which, for the first time ever in the history of the sport, has seen the Teams sharing information about their costs and defining a pattern for the reduction of their overall expenditures. On the other hand, FOTA, also thanks to the collaboration of CMEFE (aerodynamics department of the Haute École du Paysage, d’Ingénierie et d’Architecture – Geneva), is verifying the expenditures and methodologies applied in CFD and wind tunnels R&D, auditing the procedures of each Team.
“The successful collaboration among the Teams, together with a positive engagement with the other stakeholders, namely the FIA and FOM, shows how important results can be achieved for the development of Formula One.”
Adam Cooper F1 