The Mercedes F1 team has appointed a new non-executive chairman, a position previously held by Niki Lauda who died in May, and a new non-executive director to replace Ola Kallenius, who became chairman of parent company Daimler earlier this year.
Markus Schafer, head of Damiler's Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development, has been nominated as the non-executive chairman after serving as a non-executive director at the team since March 11, 2019, while Frank Markus Weber, Vice President Corporate Development of Daimler AG, has joined as a non-executive director following the departures of Kallenius and Bodo Uebber.