09/09/2011
NEWS STORY
FOTA has confirmed that it is to undergo a management shake-up as Simone Perillo leaves the teams' alliance.
As previously reported by Pitpass, Simone Perillo will end his tenure as Secretary General of FOTA to pursue a career in the field of institutional relations in his home country, Italy, basing himself in Rome.
He will be replaced by Oliver Weingarten, formerly in-house counsel at the English Premier League, where he had responsibilities for commercial, legal and public policy affairs.
Weingarten is in Monza in order to become acquainted with the Formula 1 paddock, and will assume full operational functions from 15th September 2011.
"I'm delighted to welcome Oliver to FOTA, where his experience of Premier League football, together with his commercial, legal and public policy expertise, will be extremely valuable to all member teams," said FOTA Chairman, Martin Whitmarsh. "The next few years will be a crucial time for the sport of Formula 1 - and, working in close collaboration with the FIA and FOM, FOTA will play a very important role in shaping the future of our great sport. Oliver will play a significant part in that process.
"Finally, I want to pay tribute to Simone, Oliver's predecessor as Secretary General, who is leaving FOTA in order to pursue an exciting career in a very different field. Simone's wise counsel, political savvy and phenomenal work-rate have impressed Formula 1 stakeholders across a wide range of disciplines, and on behalf of all of FOTA I wish him well for the future."