Bojan Vrbnjak
Team renovation Williams after departure of the Williams family continues. Today, the team announced that it will Simon Roberts interim chief of the racing team. At the same time, the CEO announced his retirement Mike O'Driscoll.
Roberts he only joined earlier this year Williams as head of operations. Roberts is an experienced man in business, his career Formula 1 it started years ago 2003 at McLarn. In 2009, he was on the team Force India, but returned to the following year Woking. Williams hired him for the position at the beginning of this year "Managing Director of Formula One".
In this role he was in charge of technical, operational in planned tasks of Williams. “I'm glad I was named team boss for this transition period at Williams,”He told the team in a press release Roberts. "The team is going through exciting times at the moment, it’s a new era for Williams and I’m looking forward to being able to take part in it. I’m also looking forward to the new challenge of taking the team forward from the start."
Mike O'Driscoll is retiring at the end of the season
Former boss Roberts, CEO of Williams Mike O'Driscoll, at the same time announced that he wanted to say goodbye to retirement. 64-year-old is years 2011 after a long career in the automotive industry joined Williams and is years 2013 took today's position. O'Driscoll will be during this transitional period 2020 still supported the team and retired after the end of the year. “It was a privilege for me to be part of this great team. I am proud to have been able to help secure Williams ’long-term future and look forward to working with Matthew and his team to ensure a good transition period and to help the team get back on track to success."
