Mark Gallagher leaves Cosworth

It must be said that he has always had a wide variety of occupations. He began his career in the 1980s as a dedicated F1 correspondent for London’s Sunday Express, the BBC, and Independent Radio News.

He then moved to the other side of official press releases as he became a press consultant for major sponsors involved in F1 such as Marlboro or Canon. His career then led him to team management: he served as the commercial director of the Pacific F1 team in 1994-1995 before joining Jordan. When he decided to leave the organization in 2004, he was the marketing and communications director. He then joined the teams of Jaguar Racing and thus contributed to the name change after the acquisition by Red Bull.

He then decided to establish his own organization, which he did with Status GP. Engaged in A1GP from 2005 with the Irish and Canadian teams, he eventually won the World Cup of Motorsport with the four-leaf clover team in the 2009 edition. This earned the team admission to the brand-new GP3 championship for the 2010 season, which they finished as runners-up behind the French team ART Grand Prix.

He was then appointed to his current position at Cosworth as managing director. After two years, he opted to focus on his GP3 team to help his co-shareholders: It has been a great privilege to lead the F1 department at Cosworth during these two years with such talented people. Next year will be my 30th year in professional motorsports, and I have many ambitions for the future, hence my decision to leave. These include helping Status Grand Prix and my partners Teddy Yip and David Kennedy achieve their goals in GP3 and beyond.

He is therefore replaced with immediate effect by Kim Spearman, a long-time executive of the British engine manufacturer.

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