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In motorsport, the race director is the tournament director who is responsible for overseeing all operations relating to competitive racing. The position involves promoting safety for events and manages the response to incidents that occur during races.

Formula One

In Formula One, the race director is employed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. The race director is responsible for managing marshals, deploying safety cars, and coordinating, racing flags, and enforcing track limit violations.^[1]

The position of full-time race director was first held by Roland Bruynseraede, who was appointed in 1988. Since then, there have been five other individuals who have held the position.

List of full-time Formula One race directors

Term	Race Director	Nationality	Notes	Source
1988–1995	Roland Bruynseraede	Belgium		[2]
1996	Roger Lane-Nott	United Kingdom		[3]
1997–2019	Charlie Whiting	United Kingdom	Passed away prior to the 2019 Australian Grand Prix.	[4]
2019–2021	Michael Masi	Australia	Was removed from the position following following an investigation into the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.	[5]
2022	Eduardo Freitas	Portugal	Held the position simultaneously with Niels Wittich in 2022.	[6][7]
2022-2024	Niels Wittich	Germany	Held the position simultaneously with Niels Wittich in 2023. Departed from the role prior to the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
2024-present	Rui Marques	Portugal		[8]

Other series

NASCAR

American open-wheel racing

In American open-wheel racing, presently known as the IndyCar Series, the race director oversees race control, determines track conditions (including flags), and assists with penalties or other infractions.^[9] The current race director for the series is Kyle Novak, who has held the position since 2018^[10]. The previous race director was Brian Barnhart, who held the position several times between 1997 and 2015.^[11]

World Endurance Championship

Eduardo Freitas is the current race director for the FIA World Endurance Championship, and has held the position since the series' creation in 2012.^[12][13]

References

1. "F1 race director: Job explained and Rui Marques profile". BBC Sport. 2024-11-13. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
2. "Latest Formula 1 Breaking News - Grandprix.com". www.grandprix.com. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
3. "Latest Formula 1 Breaking News - Grandprix.com". www.grandprix.com. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
4. "FIA F1 Race Director Charlie Whiting passes away | Formula 1®". Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
5. "Masi removed as F1 race director". ESPN.com. 2022-02-17. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
6. Horton, Phillip (2023-02-15). "Wittich to be sole Race Director in 2023 F1 season". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
7. "F1: Who are Freitas and Wittich, and why are they replacing Masi?". www.motorsport.com. 2022-02-17. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
8. "Niels Wittich: FIA confirms immediate departure of F1 race director with Rui Marques named replacement". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
9. "Race Control". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
10. "INDYCAR names Novak as Verizon IndyCar Series race director". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
11. Brown, Nathan. "Arrow McLaren SP hires longtime IndyCar official Brian Barnhart after Taylor Kiel's exit". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
12. "WEC - Interview with FIA Race Director Eduardo Freitas". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
13. Tunnicliffe, David (2020-02-03). "Eduardo Freitas: The man in control". WEC-Magazin. Retrieved 2024-12-02.