Steve Nielsen joins Williams as Sporting Manager // Pat Symonds is joined by his former colleague
Published by Christine
Williams have recruited former Toro Rosso Sporting Manager Steve Nielsen for the same role, starting with immediate effect. Nielsen has a long history with Formula One, working for Honda, Tyrrell, Caterham and more, including time spent working alongside current Williams CTO, Pat Symonds at Renault.
Pat says: “Steve brings a wealth of experience of the sporting side of Formula One and will help us as a team as we aim to climb further up the Championship table.” And Steve adds: “In this role I will be able to help ensure that our operations at the race track are maintaining the highest standards and that we are maximising our performance at the race track from a sporting perspective.”
The team continue to bolster their commercial partnerships as well, with a deal with Unilever announced at the end of November, and a new technology partnership with Avanade at the start of December. The aim of this deal is to “develop a suite of tools to ensure the team fully optimises its new enterprise platform.”
