Peter Windsor | |
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 Windsor at the2004 United States Grand Prix | |
| Born | Peter David Windsor (1952-04-11)11 April 1952 (age 73) Reigate, Surrey, England |
Peter David Windsor (born 11 April 1952)[1] is a Formula Onejournalist, and former Formula One team and sponsorship manager.
Windsor started his journalism career at the monthly magazineCompetition Car. He was the motorsport editor for the British weekly magazineAutocar from the late 1970s until 1985.[2]
In 1985, Windsor became sponsorship manager atWilliams for four years.[3] He then worked as general manager forFerrari's UK base in 1989, only to return to Williams as team manager in 1991.[3]
Windsor was Grand Prix Editor of theF1 Racing magazine from 1997 to 2009,[4] and as of 2014, was the current senior columnist and feature writer onThe Racer's Edge section.[2]
For several seasons Windsor was also the moderator for Formula One's post-qualifying and post-racepress conferences. He handed the interviewer's microphone toJames Allen from the2009 British Grand Prix due to a concern over a potential or perceived conflict of interest as a future team boss;[5] but returned to the interview room at the2009 Italian Grand Prix.
On 4 February 2009, it was reported Windsor and engineer/designerKen Anderson were to head an American entrant into the2010 Formula One season calledUS F1 Team. Their application was formally accepted by theFIA on 12 June 2009.[6] Windsor's role would involve team management and driver development and selection.[7] However, in March 2010, US F1 ceased operations. On 25 June 2010 the FIA officially banned US F1 from any further participation in the sport, and the World Motor Sport Council fined them €309,000 for failing to meet their commitments for the 2010 race season.[8]
Shortly before the start of the 1986 season, Windsor was in an automobile accident when the car he was riding in withFrank Williams crashed on the way from thePaul Ricard Circuit in southernFrance to theNice airport, causing Windsor minor injuries but leaving Williams, who was driving, paralysed.[9]
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