Skip to main content

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe

Recommended for you

Banking on success: Inside Madrid’s new grand prix circuit

Feature
Formula 1
Spanish GP
Banking on success: Inside Madrid’s new grand prix circuit

Tech3 sticks with KTM for MotoGP's 850cc era after Honda talks

MotoGP
Catalan GP
Tech3 sticks with KTM for MotoGP's 850cc era after Honda talks

MotoGP Catalan GP: Acosta claims pole as Bezzecchi and Martin crash in qualifying

MotoGP
Catalan GP
MotoGP Catalan GP: Acosta claims pole as Bezzecchi and Martin crash in qualifying

After Honda's first annual loss in 70 years, what does it mean for its F1 project?

Formula 1
Canadian GP
After Honda's first annual loss in 70 years, what does it mean for its F1 project?

How Formula 1 driving has changed – and stayed the same

Feature
Formula 1
How Formula 1 driving has changed – and stayed the same

The story behind Verstappen’s unique Nurburgring Mercedes set-up

NLS
The story behind Verstappen’s unique Nurburgring Mercedes set-up

How Williams aims to reach "a sensible position" in F1 2026 after double-score Miami

Feature
Formula 1
How Williams aims to reach "a sensible position" in F1 2026 after double-score Miami

Why Verstappen's preparations have left GT rivals in awe

Endurance
Why Verstappen's preparations have left GT rivals in awe
Podcast

JA on F1 podcast: Why exit clauses in F1 contracts are more important than money

This week as F1 starts its summer shutdown we look in detail at how driver contracts work and why this period of the season is critical for options being triggered (or not), renewals being signed and decisions being taken by drivers and teams about next season

Julian Jakobi, CSS Stellar Management talks with Juan Pablo Montoya, McLaren

Julian Jakobi, GP Sports Management, talks with Juan Pablo Montoya, McLaren

Photo by: Sutton Images

To help James Allen go deep into F1 driver contracts is one of the best known and most successful driver managers in F1 history.

Julian Jakobi has managed dozens of great names like Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Jacques Villeneuve, Juan Pablo Montoya and more recently Sergio Perez. He continues to manage a stable of drivers across multiple race series.

What does a driver manager do? What is in the scope of the role? What kinds of considerations do teams have around drivers during the summer shutdown?

And what was it like to manage Senna and Prost at the same time, while they were in open conflict?

Previous article FIA explains why controversial two-stop Monaco GP rule remains for 2026 – for now
Next article How McLaren compares with Ferrari's early 2000s F1 dominance

Top Comments