Aston Martin team principal and CEO Otmar Szafnauer has left the company after more than a decade with the team. Szafnauer joined Aston Martin when it was known as Force India back in 2009, and helped the team to numerous impressive results despite financial uncertainty. He was instrumental in the team surviving after it went into administration in 2018, becoming team principal after Lawrence Stroll’s takeover and subsequent rebranding as Aston Martin. As Stroll invests in the team, Martin Whitmarsh joined as group CEO last year and a senior paddock source told RACER that Szafnauer was unhappy at the management structure being put in place around him that would limit his influence. It is...
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