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In motorsport, the race director is the tournament director who is responsible for overseeing all operations relating to competitive racing. The position involves promoting safety for events and manages the response to incidents that occur during races.
Formula One
[edit]In Formula One, the race director is employed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. The race director is responsible for managing marshals, deploying safety cars, and coordinating, racing flags, and enforcing track limit violations.[1]
The position of full-time race director was first held by Roland Bruynseraede, who was appointed in 1988. Since then, there have been five other individuals who have held the position.
| Term | Race director | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988–1995 |  Roland Bruynseraede
|
[2] | |
| 1996 |  Roger Lane-Nott
|
[3] | |
| 1997–2019 | Charlie Whiting
|
Expected to serve as race director in 2019, passed away
three days prior to the start of the season. |
[4] |
| 2019–2021 |  Michael Masi
|
[5] | |
| 2022 |  Eduardo Freitas
|
Held the position on a rotating basis with Wittich in 2022. | [6][7] |
| 2022-2024 |  Niels Wittich
|
Held the position on a rotating basis with Freitas in 2022.
Departed from the role prior to the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix. | |
| 2024-present | Rui Marques
|
Assumed the role for the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix onwards. | [8] |
Endurance racing
[edit]World Endurance Championship
[edit]Eduardo Freitas is the current race director for the FIA World Endurance Championship, and has held the position since the series' creation in 2012.[9][10]
IMSA SportsCar Championship
[edit]Beaux Barfield has held the role of race director for the IMSA SportsCar Championship since the series' creation in 2014.[11][12]
Other series
[edit]NASCAR
[edit]IndyCar Series
[edit]In American open-wheel racing, currently known as the IndyCar Series, the race director oversees race control, determines track conditions (including flags), and assists with penalties or other infractions.[13] The current race director for the series is Kyle Novak, who has held the position since 2018.[14] Prior to Novak, the race director was Brian Barnhart, who held the position several times between 1997 and 2015.[15] Beaux Barfield served as race director from 2012 through 2014.[12]
Formula E
[edit]Scot Elkins serves as the race director for Formula E, a role which he has held since the 2017–18 season. Elkins also serves as the race director for DTM and Extreme E.[16] The position was previously held by Oliver Grodowski.
References
[edit]- ^ "F1 race director: Job explained and Rui Marques profile". BBC Sport. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Latest Formula 1 Breaking News - Grandprix.com". www.grandprix.com. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Latest Formula 1 Breaking News - Grandprix.com". www.grandprix.com. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "FIA F1 Race Director Charlie Whiting passes away". Formula 1. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Masi removed as F1 race director". ESPN.com. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ Horton, Phillip (15 February 2023). "Wittich to be sole Race Director in 2023 F1 season". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "F1: Who are Freitas and Wittich, and why are they replacing Masi?". www.motorsport.com. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "Niels Wittich: FIA confirms immediate departure of F1 race director with Rui Marques named replacement". Sky Sports. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "WEC - Interview with FIA Race Director Eduardo Freitas". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ Tunnicliffe, David. "Eduardo Freitas: The man in control". WEC-Magazin. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "IMSA announces Beaux Barfield as new race director, along with other changes". Autoweek. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Barfield leaves IndyCar for same role at IMSA". ESPN. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Race Control". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "INDYCAR names Novak as Verizon IndyCar Series race director". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ Brown, Nathan (22 September 2022). "Arrow McLaren SP hires longtime IndyCar official Brian Barnhart after Taylor Kiel's exit". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ Kew, Matt (25 November 2021). "Formula E race director Elkins appointed in same role for DTM". motorsport.com. Retrieved 11 December 2024.