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‘Popes of separate churches': Otmar Szafnauer defends himself over Aston Martin comment

When Racing Point rebranded to Aston Martin ahead of the 2021 season, Martin Whitmarsh joined the team as the Group Chief Executive Officer of Performance Technologies to work in tandem with team principal Otmar Szafnauer. In February of 2022 however, only a year into working with Whitmarsh, Szafnauer left Aston Martin to become the team principal of Alpine, who were also entering their second season in the sport following the rebrand of Renault. The American famously claimed that “when you have two popes, it’s just not right,” suggesting that he left the team after finding it difficult to work with the new CEO. Despite his clear refusal to work with another boss at Aston Martin,...
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