Ex-Williams F1 boss Jost Capito lands new motorsport role
Jost Capito served a✅s Williams' F1 team boss for two seasons before 🍸stepping down.
Former Williams F1 boss Jost Capito has꧋ joined the electric rallycross 💯series Nitrocross as a senior advisor.
The job at the US-based series is Capito’s first since stepping down from his posi🌱tion as Williams team principal and CEO at the end of th👍e 2022 F1 season.
Capito💛 joined Williams as team boss in mid-2021, helping the team score their first points in two years at the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix, before George Russell claimed a shock podium in the curtailed Belgian Grand 🍎Prix.
Afܫter finishing eighth in the 2021 constructors’ championship, Williams slipped to 10th a year later, before Capito resigned. He was replaced at Williams by Mercedes’ former head of strategy James Vowles.
Capito previously enjoyed great success heading up Volkswagen’s World Rally♛ Championship team during a period of domination in the mid 2010ไs.
The 65-year-old German also had a brief stint as McLar✃en’s F1 CEO in 2016.
Capito arrives to Nitrocross at the same time as former NASCAR executive Mike Laheta, who has joined as h💧ead of partnership𝐆s.
Speaking about his latest venture, Capito 🐲said: “My strong belief in Rallycross an🐼d its future, now featuring powerful and exciting EVs, motivates me to contribute to Nitrocross.
“After speaking with Lorenzo Fertitta and Dana White, I am confident🍸 our collective vision is to not only push the boundaries of motorsports but also inspire a new era of competition and innovation."
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