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My Take
Éric Boullier sits in the part of Formula One I find most underappreciated, the people running the team rather than driving the car. He led Lotus F1 from 2010 to 2013, then took the racing director role at McLaren from 2014 to 2018, two very different challenges in pressure and expectation. The McLaren years were turbulent, and I think his tenure shows how unforgiving that paddock can be when results lag. The Laval native also helped steer the teams' association before it folded. To me he's a study in how hard the management side of this sport really is.
Overview
Éric René Boullier (born 9 November 1973) is a French motor racing engineer and manager. He was the racing director of the McLaren F1 Team from 2014 to 2018. During the 2010 to 2013 seasons, he was the team principal of Lotus F1, and was vice chairman of Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) until it was disbanded after six years.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Éric Boullier
- Name (Japanese)
- エリック・ブーリエ
- Reading
- えりっく・ぶーりえ
- Born
- November 9, 1973 (age 52)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Ox
- Origin
- Laval, Mayenne, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- entrepreneur / sports agent / military flight engineer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.