Tim Malyon has been confirmed as the FIA’s new Sporting Director inside the Single-Seater division, taken over the position of Steve Nielsen, who will go away the governing physique on the finish of January.
Formula One’s governing physique has confirmed the departure of Sporting Director, Steve Nielsen, who will go away the Federation on the finish of January 2024. Having joined the FIA Single-Seater Department throughout a vital section of restructuring, Steve has been an integral a part of the numerous updates to Race Control procedures.
Speaking of his departure, Nielsen mentioned: “I’d prefer to thank the FIA for the chance to work on the regulatory facet of the game, which has been a improbable expertise for me over the previous 12 months.
“The FIA group working in Formula 1 are a vastly passionate, devoted group of people that work extremely laborious to attain the perfect outcomes for the game, and I’m positive that the constructive work that we have now achieved collectively already will proceed into the longer term.”
FIA’s Single-Seater Director Nikolas Tombazis commented: “Steve has been a fantastic asset to the Single-Seater Department over the course of the 2023 Formula 1 season and has been part of a crucial year of development and positive steps forward in our activities. There is, of course, still a lot to do, and we will be building on these strong foundations over the coming years. We wish Steve the best for his next challenge.”
Tim Malyon is about to take over the position of Steve Nielsen, and can oversee all sporting issues, together with Race Direction and the Remote Operations Centre (ROC) in Geneva, and can report back to Tombazis.
Malyon beforehand labored for Red Bull Racing for 12 years, having joined the group when it was identified as Jaguar Racing. He labored in numerous race engineering roles and contributed to Red Bull’s 4 Constructors’ and Drivers’ championships within the interval 2010-2013.
In 2015 he moved to Sauber Motorsport as its Head of Track Engineering earlier than becoming a member of BMW Motorsport as a Chief Engineer for its DTM programme in mid-2016. After two profitable years in DTM, which included one championship victory, he took on the roles of each Track Engineering Department Leader and Chief Engineer for BMW’s Formula E group.
He joined the FIA In 2019 as Head of Research and was subsequently appointed to the place of Safety Director in 2021. He was additionally integral to the institution of the ROC and has carried out the operational duties of ROC Project Leader since May 2022.
Malyon is Canadian born and has lived predominantly within the UK. He graduated from the University of Leeds (UK) with a grasp’s diploma in Mechatronics.
In confirming Malyon’s appointment to the position of Sporting Director, Tombazis mentioned: “I’m excited to welcome Tim to the position of Single-Seater Sporting Director. Tim has a wealth of motorsport expertise and experience on the highest stage. He will play a serious position as we proceed to carry rigour to our sporting and regulatory practices and procedures, and he’ll drive the innovation we have now delivered to our Race Control operation.
“Tim has been pivotal in creating a strong synergy between Race Control and the ROC with the introduction of new technology including artificial intelligence and state-of-the-art data analysis and processing systems. He will continue to oversee advances in that area as well as taking the lead on the evolution of FIA sporting regulations.”
Malyon mentioned: “I am delighted to be taking on the role of Sporting Director. We have already brought significant change to our Race Direction operation with the support of the ROC and I look forward to taking that to the next level. We are also committed to a broad regulatory review of sporting matters, and I look forward to applying a sharper focus to those efforts in the future.”
FIA pronounces appointment of Tim Malyon as Sporting Director. In his position, Malyon will oversee all sporting issues, together with Race Direction and the Remote Operations Centre in Geneva, and can report back to Nikolas Tombazis, the FIA’s Single-Seater Directorhttps://t.co/L0GF2oVe9d
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Under Malyon’s course, Niels Wittich will proceed within the position of Race Director.
As a part of the restructuring course of, the FIA has additionally confirmed that Tim Goss will go away his place as Technical Director to take up a place exterior of the federation. “We are disenchanted to lose an individual of Tim’s calibre from the organisation. Tim has performed a serious half within the Technical Department and has all the time operated to the very best stage.
“We perceive that his profession is taking a new course going ahead and we assist and respect his need to pursue one other path, and need him luck for his future endeavours,” Tombazis mentioned.
Commenting on his departure, Goss mentioned: “It’s been an honour to work as Technical Director on the FIA and to assist form the way forward for the game. I take immense pleasure and satisfaction from the quite a few achievements of the Technical Department throughout my stint on the FIA.
“The division boasts numerous highly-talented people and I imagine the organisation is on a agency footing by way of technical experience for the duties which lie forward – notably the introduction of the 2026 laws. I go away with fond recollections of my time with the FIA.”
