Alan Permane extends contract as Formula 1 team Racing Bulls closes in on best result
Alan Permane, team principal of Formula 1's Visa Cash App Racing Bulls, has extended his contract. With 108 points this season, the team is close to securing fifth place in the Constructors' Championship, its best result in history.
Formula 1 team Visa Cash App Racing Bulls (VCARB), based in Italy, has announced that team principal Alan Permane has extended his contract. With 108 points this season, the team is almost certain to finish fifth in the Constructors' Championship, which would be its best result since it was founded.
Permane's path to the team
Permane worked at Alpine from 1989 to 2023 in a variety of roles, including race engineer and sporting director. He joined Racing Bulls before the 2024 season as racing director. He later became team principal after the previous head, Laurent Mekies, moved to the senior Red Bull team.
The team's progress
Under Permane the team has improved steadily: it scored 46 points in 2024, 92 last year and already 108 this season. The team was founded in 1985 as Minardi.
Olaf Mintzlaff, Red Bull's head of corporate projects and investments, said the progress the team has made is a direct reflection of Permane's experience, determination and competitive mindset. According to him, Permane brings clarity, calm and a deep understanding of what it takes to achieve results in Formula 1. Mintzlaff also noted that, together with commercial director Peter Bayer, Permane forms a strong and experienced leadership team.
Permane himself thanked Red Bull for its trust and support. He stressed the shared spirit of the team at the track, in Faenza and in Milton Keynes, and said the fight for fifth place is the result of many years of hard work by many people. "We are not done yet," he said.
