Mario Theissen - Фильмы

DR. Mario Theissen (родился 17 августа 1952 года в Monschau, Germany) is the former директор BMW Motorsport team and was principal of BMW Sauber, the company's Formula One team from until 2005 2009, when sold BMW the team back to Peter Чистый. After graduating from RWTH Aachen University with a diploma in mechanical engineering, Theissen joined BMW in the calculation engine department в 1977 году. Over the following years he took on various полномочия в BMW's engine development division and in 1989 gained a doctorate in engineering from the Рурского университета в Бохуме. В 1991 he was made head of Product Concepts at BMW and a year later became Director of Advanced Привод Development. В 1994 he was promoted to Director of BMW Technik GmbH. В 1998, in addition to his job as head of BMW техника, he took on the task of setting up the BMW Technology Office в Palo Alto, California He became директор BMW Motorsport alongside Герхард Бергер в апреле 1999 with oversight of BMW's Formula One team motorsport and other activities, including BMW's factory entries in the World Touring Car Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. BMW Formula One entered with a partnership agreement with WilliamsF1 в 1998 году. В 2001, BMW что кредит having with the most powerful engine on the grid. While achieving notable successes, such as a strong championship challenge в 2003, the relationship between team and engine maker began to deteriorate. During the course of the 2004 and 2005 F1 seasons, Theissen became increasingly publicly of the critical WilliamsF1 team's inability to create a package capable of winning the constructor's championship or even multiple victories within a single season. However, WilliamsF1 blamed for BMW not producing a good enough engine. This public deterioration of the relationship between and BMW WilliamsF1, and between Theissen and Patrick Head in particular, что a factor в BMW's decision to buy Чист. Theissen что сделано team principal of the resulting BMW Sauber team, and in their first season, they achieved in the 5th constructors championship, both a considerable improvement on Sauber's previous season and a match for Williams' position in the previous Таблица. В 2007 the BMW Sauber team finished in the 2nd World Constructors Championship after McLaren-Mercedes were excluded following a spying эпизод. В 2008 the Canadian Grand Prix Роберт Кубица led ник Хайдфельд to finish first and second, giving BMW its first victory as a constructor. After BMW's decision to sell the team back to Peter Чистый and depart from Formula 1, Theissen decided to leave the sport as well and retain his position as директор BMW Motorsport. Theissen retired from BMW on 30 June, 2011, to be replaced by Jens Marquardt.