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Williams recruits McLaren COO Simon Roberts as new managing director
Williams has appointed current McLaren chief operations officer Simon Roberts as its new managing director of F1. The Grove-based outfit is strengthening its executive base by recruiting Roberts and establishing the new position of managing director that will include responsibility for the team's design and development process, racing, factory operations and planning. Roberts joined McLaren in 2003 as its operations director and general manager. Axed F1 season could wipe out 'an awful lot of teams' - Williams In 2009, Roberts moved to Force India for a year before returning to McLaren in 2010 to resume his role as operations director. In 2017, he was appointed chief operations officer,...
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