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100 Most Influential People in Formula 1

Like in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, we proudly present “100 Most Influential People in Formula 1”.
It’s our very own register of the most powerful and important people in the industry right now.

Contributors: Caroline Reid, David Granger, Kipras Sumskas, Thomas Spink and Harry Miltner.

A lot of opinions fly by about who still has influence in the sport. And, interestingly, WHY someone has influence here. Getting higher in Formula 1 is a gradual process and it should be thoroughly examined. We‘re hoping to capture all the power struggles among key individuals.
After the research, we published an online survey and then let our experts tweak the final results.
Click on the names or photos for short bios, and, most importantly, enjoy!

Rank Name Age Occupation Nationality Position in 2014
# 1 Bernie Ecclestone 84 CEO, Formula 1 Management English 1
# 2 Jean Todt 68 President, FIA French 2
   # 3 Dietrich Mateschitz  70 Co-Founder, Red Bull Austrian
   # 4 Niki Lauda  66 Non-Executive Chairman Mercedes AMG Petronas Austrian
   # 5 Dr. Dieter Zetsche  62 Chairman, Daimler AG German
   # 6 Ron Dennis CBE  67 Chairman, McLaren Group English
   # 7 Donald Mackenzie  58 Co-Founder & MD, CVC Capital Partners Scottish
   # 8 Steve Koltes  57 Co-Founder & MD, CVC Capital Partners American 10 
   # 9 Dr Helmut Marko  71 Motorsport Consultant, Red Bull Austrian

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Sir Frank Williams  73 Founder, Williams F1 English 11
  # 11 Torger Christian “Toto” Wolff  43 Executive Director at Mercedes F1 Team  Austrian  13 
  # 12 Paddy Lowe  53 Executive Director (Technical) at Mercedes F1  British  51 
  # 13 Carlos Ghosn  61 CEO of Renault and Nissan  French-Lebanese-Brazilian  13
  # 14      Paul Hembery  49 Motorsport Director, Pirelli  English  15 
  # 15 Christian Horner  41 Team Principal, Red Bull Racing  English  12 
  # 16 Carlos Slim Helú  74 CEO, Telmex  Mexican  16
  # 17 Datuk Wan Zulkieflee  60 President and Group CEO of Petronas  Malaysian New
  # 18 Mauricio Arivabene  58 Team Principal of Ferrari F1 Team  Italian  New
  # 19 Charlie Whiting  63 F1 Race Director, FIA  English  18 
  # 20 Pasquale Lattuneddu  49 Chief of Operations, FOM  French  20
  # 21 Peter Sauber  71 Owner, Sauber Motorsports  Swiss  21
  # 22 Vijay Mallya  59 Owner and Founder, Force India  Indian  22
  # 23 Mansour Ojjeh  62  CEO of TAG  French/Saudi Arabian  25 
  # 24 Gerard Lopez  43  Chairman and Team Principal of Lotus F1 Team  Luxembourgian  26 
  # 25 Franz Tost  61  Team Principal of Scuderia Toro Rosso  Austrian  27 
  # 26 Lewis Hamilton  30  Driver, Mercedes F1 Team  English  53 
  # 27 Claire Williams  39  Deputy Team Principal at Williams F1  English  58 
  # 28 Gian Riccardo Marini  68  Chief Executive Officer of Rolex SA Italian 33 
  # 29 Monisha Kaltenborn  44  Team Principal, Sauber F1 Team  Austrian  28 
  # 30 Vinod Kumar  50  Managing Director and Tata Communications  Indian  34 
  # 31 Chris Aylett  Chief Executive, Motorsport Industry Association  English  36 
  # 32 Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum  56  Chairman and CEO of Emirates Airline & Group  Emirati  35 
  # 33 Michael Diekmann  60  CEO, Allianz SE  German  37 
  # 34 Mohamed Badawy Al-Husseiny  53  CEO and Chairman of Aabar Investments PJSC  Emirati  38 
  # 35 Sergio Marchionne  62  Chairman of Ferrari  Italian  New
  # 36 H.E. Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak  39  CEO, Mubadala Development  Emirati  39 
  # 37 Patrick Head  68  Co-Founder of Williams F1  English  New
  # 38 Zak Brown  43  CEO of Just Marketing International (JMI)  American  59 
  # 39 Mahmood al Kooheji CEO of Mumtalakat  Bahraini  42 
  # 40 Hermann Tilke  60 Director, Tilke GmbH  German  44 
# 41 Julian Jakobi  64 Chairman of CSS Stellar Group  English  45 
  # 42 Roland Krüger  49  President of Infiniti  German  New
  # 43 Dr. Frank Appel  53  CEO, Deutsche Post  German  40 
  # 44 Michel Boeri  President, Automobile Club de Monaco  Monégasque  48 
  # 45 Sir Jackie Stewart  74  Former Driver, Ambassador of Rolex  Scottish  49 
  # 46 James Hogan  58  President and CEO, Etihad Airways  Australian  48 
  # 47 Sebastian Vettel  27  Driver, Scuderia Ferrari  German  52 
  # 48 Fernando Alonso  33  Driver, McLaren Honda  Spanish  55 
  # 49 Subrata Roy  66  Founder and Chairman of Sahara India  Indian  New
  # 50 Nico Rosberg  30  Driver, Mercedes AMG Petronas  German  54 
  # 51 Jenson Button MBE  35  Driver, McLaren Honda  English  59 
  # 52 Christoph Ammann  53  Managing Director CAM Holdings GmbH  Austrian  57 
  # 53 Adrian Newey OBE  56  Chief Technical Officer, Red Bull Racing  English  41 
  # 54 Matthew Carter  41  CEO of Lotus F1 Team  English  New
  # 55 Sergey Vorobyev Deputy General Director of Russian GP  Russian  60 
  # 56 Jason Dial  President and CEO of Circuit Of The Americas  American  61 
  # 57 Michael H. Tomalin OBE  CEO, National Bank of Abu Dhabi  British  63 
  # 58 Roman Abramovich  48  Russian business tycoon, owner of Chelsea FC  Russian  65 
  # 59 Kimi Raikonnen  35  Driver, Scuderia Ferrari  Finnish  64 
  # 60 Matteo Bonciani  F1 Head of Communications at FIA  Italian  68 
  # 61 Prof. Gerard Saillant  70  President of the FIA Institute  French  69 
  # 62 Shaikh Salman Bin Isa Al Khalifa  45  CEO, Bahrain International Circuit  Bahraini  70 
  # 63 Eugene Arocca  54  CEO of Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS)  Australian  71 
  # 64 Razlan Razali  41  CEO, Sepang International Circuit  Malaysian  72 
  # 65 Al Tareq Al Ameri  35  CEO of Yas Marina Circuit  Emirati  74 
  # 66 Jo Bauer  Technical Delegate, FIA  German  75 
  # 67 Alex Wurz  41  Head of FIA Young Driver Academy  Austrian  84 
  # 68 François Dumontier  47  President, Octane Racing Group  Canadian  77 
  # 69 Tamas Rohonyi  Promoter, Brazilian Grand Prix  Hungarian  79 
  # 70 Carlo Boutagy  Founder of F1 FanZone  Canadian  80 
  # 71 Cyril Abiteboul  37  Managing Director of Renault Sport F1  French  31 
  # 72 Sir Chris Gent  66  Businessman, Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline  British  81 
  # 73 Ricardo Guadalope  CEO of Hublot  Swiss  92 
  # 74 Ian Carter  46  President Global at Operations & Development, Hilton  English  96 
  # 75 Hughes Trevennec  F1 Director, GH Mumm  French  86 
  # 76 Ben van Beurden  CEO of Royal Dutch Shell  Dutch  New
  # 77 Tony Jardine  63  MD, HPS Jardine  English  98 
  # 78 Barney Francis  43  Managing Director, Sky Sports  English  89 
  # 79 Eric Boullier  41  Racing Director, McLaren F1  French  New
  # 80 Katja Heim  55  CEO, KHP Consulting  German  94 
  # 81 Luca Montezemolo  65  President of Confindustria  Italian  3 
# 82 Lynden Swainston  Director, Lynden Swainston Assosciates  English  89 
  # 83 Sonia Irvine  Founder, Amber Lounge  Irish  87 
# 84 Gary Carey  Global Sponsorship Director, Johnnie Walker  English  88 
  # 85 Colin Syn  Deputy Chairman, Singapore GP Pte Ltd  Singaporean  95 
  # 86 Martin Brundle  55  Expert Analyst at Sky Sports  English  96 
  # 87 Patrick Allen  MD of Silverstone  English  New
  # 88 Damon Hill OBE  54 Sky Sports presenter  English  New
  # 89 James Allison  47 Technical Director of Scuderia Ferrari  English  New
# 90 David Coulthard  44 Consultant, Red Bull  British  New
  # 91 Thomas Riedel  57 CEO of Riedel Communications  German  New
  # 92 Robin Fenwick  35 Executive Director of Right Formula  English  New
  # 93 Chua Sock Koong  59 CEO, SingTel  Singaporean  73 
  # 94 James Allen  48 Journalist; blogger at jamesallenonF1.com  English  96 
  # 95 Zsolt Gyulay  50 President and CEO of Hungaroring  Hungarian  New
  # 96 Oliver Bauss  52 Managing Partner at RTV Film & Television  German  New
  # 97 Michiel Mol  45 Director and Co-Owner of Force India F1  Dutch  New
  # 98 Michael Roche Executive Director of Singapore GP  British  New
  # 99 Andre Maes  64 General Manager of Spa Grand Prix  Belgian  New
  # 100 Eddie Jordan OBE  67  Formula 1 analyst for BBC  Irish  85 

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