The end of a 2020 hectic season was marked by, among other things, the sale of the Williams team from the founder family to Dorilton Capital investors. The head leaders of the company had now begun a new journey and process to bring Williams back to the top of Formula 1, and that included new roles at the Grove-based team such as Jost Capito, a successful motorsport man that’s become now CEO to the historic brand.

We're delighted to announce that Jost Capito will be joining Williams as the team's new Chief Executive Officer.

We are also pleased to confirm that Simon Roberts will officially take on the role of Team Principal, reporting to Jost.

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In an interview with RaceFans.net, Capito spoke about his opinion on controversial sprint-races or reverse-grid that the category has suggested introducing to increase competitiveness.

“I believe that Formula 1 is the pinnacle of the sport and it should be attractive because it’s an attractive sport and not because it’s gambling. That’s why I’m not in favour of reverse grid.”

“If we talk about the regulations, I have to talk about what is the best for the sport, because only if the sport is in the right way, the teams can improve and be in the right way. If the value of Formula 1 goes down, then the value of everybody who is involved goes down.” He said.

“I will push strongly that when we discuss within the teams, we discuss what is best for the sport. And when we decide what is the best for the sport, without just focussing on what is the best for my team in the regulations we have right now, it’s then what’s the best for the sport. Get that aligned and then fight within these regulations and have a competition there.”

Having carried Volkswagen to three consecutive titles in the WRC since 2012 and being experienced inside the Formula 1 field with the time he was executive director at McLaren just at the end of the Ron Dennis era, Capito has clear visions about where is the wrong direction the sport has not to go due to Mercedes dominance.

“In rallying, at Volkswagen, when we were quite successful,  Jean Todt came up to me at one rally and say, ‘hey, Jost, you are winning too much’.”

“I said, ‘go to the others and tell them they are losing too much’. Because you shouldn’t blame the guy who does the best job.”

“I think in motorsport, and especially in Formula 1, there shouldn’t be a balance of performance or some artificial competition because the guys who do the best job and the drivers do the best job should win. And if they win for 10 years, they win for 10 years, fine. Then everybody has to catch up and have to do a better job.”

“But you shouldn’t be punished in Formula 1 for… doing the best job. If you do a better job and you catch up, you shouldn’t be punished by a balance of performance to move back again.”

“I really like in Formula 1 that it’s a pure sport. It should stay a pure sport without making it artificial[ly] interesting because I think that it’s not what the fans want to see.”

Although the success that the former Volkswagen manager has already achieved, he says happily that being in Formula 1 is definitely a dream coming true, he’s already working hard for the team and is very glad to do it so alongside Dorilton Capital now facing the 2021 season.

“I think if you are a motorsport guy who has followed Formula 1 for nearly 60 years and was once a boy who could never have dreamed of running a Formula 1 team, let alone Williams, there was no question when I got this offer that I would take it over the retirement I had planned for the end of this year.”

“You have to improve on the technical side, you have to improve everywhere. You have to do the full analysis, you have to look at the structure, you have to look at processes and also how the various areas work with each other to ensure proper communication lines.”

“That’s the first priority. We have the capability in the team, you have to make it work together and steer it in the right direction.” He concluded.