Out of the shadows, into the fire
Cyril Abiteboul has a job on his hands as the new Caterham team principal. Jonathan Noble asks how he plans to lift the struggling squad
For a man who openly admits he prefers life out of the spotlight, you would think the job of Formula 1 team principal would not be ideal territory.
Yet for new Caterham boss Cyril Abiteboul - who was pretty much unknown to many outside of the paddock until this year - there has been no shying away from everything the role entails ever since he took over from Tony Fernandes last month.
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Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.
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