Mike Krack (born 18 March 1972) is a Luxembourgish motorsports engineer currently serving as Chief Trackside Officer at the Aston Martin Formula One Team, and previously as Team Principal. Krack had also previously worked at

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and

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. In January 2022, he was appointed as Team Principal of

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which he served for close to 3 years before being demoted to Chief Trackside Officer with Group CEO Andy Cowell taking over as the new Team Principal.

Career

BMW/Sauber (1998-2012, 2015-2022)

Krack started his engineering journey at

in July 1998 with the role of Test Engineer. He left the role at the start of 2001 to join

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. He rose through the ranks, beginning as a Data Analysis Engineer before being promoted in December 2003 to become

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's race engineer before being promoted to Chief Engineer when they turned into

. During this time, he was partnering

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through practice sessions until his debut in the 2007 United States Grand Prix. Krack departed

following the decision to focus on 2009 season instead of

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's title challenge in 2008. He returned to BMW as Chief Engineer of the DTM Department in October 2010 but left at the end of 2012 to join

. After leaving Porsche in 2014, Krack rejoined BMW and from 2015 to 2022, he served in various positions including overseeing the Formula E, IMSA, and GT programmes. In 2018, he was appointed as Head of Race & Test Engineering, Operations & Organisation.

Porsche (2013-2014)

, he served Head of Track Engineering for their World Endurance Championship team. He was involved in the preparations of the

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, which would take one victory and four podiums. Krack left in 2014 to return to BMW as Senior Performance Engineer.

Aston Martin (2022-present)

On 14 January 2022, Krack was announced as the new Team Principal of Aston Martin following the departure of

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as Team Principal. Krack subsequently oversaw Aston Martin's rise in performance in the 2023 Season, with 8 podiums by

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and finishing 5th in the Constructors' Championship. On 10 January 2025, it was announced that Krack had been demoted from Team Principal following a disappointing 2024 season and replaced by Group CEO Andy Cowell, with Krack becoming Chief Trackside Officer as part of an organisational restructure. Krack is now responsible for "getting the most performance out of the car at the track in his role as Chief Trackside Officer".https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/aston-martin-f1-team-boss-change-2025-season/

References

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