FIA appoints ex-Red Bull F1 man as Sporting Director

The FIA has appointed Tim Malyon as Sporting Director within theSingle-Seater department, following the recent senior staffdepartures. The news follows the departure Steve Nielsen , who lefthis post in December last year, and most recently Tim Goss who leftas Technical Director. Malyon will oversee all sporting mattersincluding Race Director, the Remote Operations Centre (ROC) inGeneva, and will report to FIA Single-Seater Director NikolasTombazis. Tombazis said: “I am excited to welcome Tim to the roleof Single-Seater Sporting Director. Tim has a wealth of motorsportexperience and expertise at the highest level. "He will play amajor role as we continue to bring rigour to our sporting andregulatory practices and procedures, and he will drive theinnovation we have brought to our Race Control operation." Malyon'sdistinguished career Malyon's distinguished career in motorsportincludes a 12-year stint at Red Bull, having joined the team duringits years as Jaguar Racing. He worked in various engineering roles,including performance engineer while Sebastian Vettel won fourConstructors' and Drivers' Championships between 2010 and 2013. Hemoved to Sauber in 2015 as Head of Track Engineering before joiningBMW Motorsport as a Chief Engineer for its DTM programme inmid-2016. After two successful years in DTM, which included onechampionship victory, he took on the roles of both TrackEngineering Department Leader and Chief Engineer for BMW’s FormulaE team. He joined the FIA in 2019 as Head of Research and wassubsequently appointed to the position of Safety Director in 2021.He was also integral to the establishment of the ROC and hasperformed the operational duties of ROC Project Leader since May2022. "I am delighted to be taking on the role of SportingDirector. We have already brought significant change to our RaceDirection operation with the support of the ROC and I look forwardto taking that to the next level," said Malyon. "We are alsocommitted to a broad regulatory review of sporting matters, and Ilook forward to applying a sharper focus to those efforts in thefuture.”