Last updated on Less than a minute agoLess than a minute ago.From the section Formula 1. Aston Martin have appointed former BMW motorsport boss Mike Krack as team principal. Krack joins Aston Martin after gaining extensive experience in motorsport management at BMW and Porsche. Martin Whitmarsh, the former McLaren team boss who joined Aston Martin as chief executive officer last year, was instrumental in Krack’s appointment. Aston Martin chairman and owner Lawrence Stroll said: “We are hiring brilliant new people every week. Krack has worked with Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel when the four-time champion was beginning his career at BMW Sauber. Krack said: “I have been working in motorsport for over 20 years, and worked in F1 with Seb Vettel in 2006 and 2007 when I was a BMW-Sauber engineer and he was the team’s test driver.

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