Peter Warr

Peter Warr (born June 18, 1938 in Kermanshah , Iran; † October 4, 2010 in France ) was a British automobile racing driver and motorsport official. Together with Bernie Ecclestone, he played a key role in the development of today's Formula 1 and worked as a manager and team boss for various Formula 1 racing teams.

After his time as a soldier in the British Army , Peter Warr worked as a salesman at Lotus from 1958 and drove several Formula Junior and sports car races . In 1969 he became manager of the Lotus Formula 1 team , which won the world championship with Jochen Rindt ( 1970 ) and Emerson Fittipaldi ( 1972 ). In 1977 he moved to Walter Wolf Racing as team manager , after the team was sold to Emerson and Wilson Fittipaldi , he also worked as a manager for the Fittipaldi Automotive team . In 1981 he returned to Lotus. After the death of Lotus founder Colin Chapman , Warr was also Lotus’s chairman from 1982 to 1989. Here he succeeded in the commitment of Ayrton Senna in 1984 and, after his departure in 1987, the commitment of the reigning world champion Nelson Piquet .

In 1989 Warr became permanent racing director of the FIA and briefly managing director of the British Racing Drivers' Club in 1991 , after which he retired to the south of France.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ex-Lotus team boss Peter Warr has passed away. Motorsport-total.com, October 6, 2010, accessed May 1, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Peter Warr 1938-2010 . (No longer available online.) TrackThoughts.com, October 14, 2010, archived from the original on October 3, 2013 ; accessed on May 1, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Peter Warr passes away. Formula1.com, October 5, 2010, accessed May 1, 2012 .