Haywood will take up the deputy race director role in Bahrain and at four other races this year, having previously held the position in 2019 and 2020.
A key member of the FIA race control team for many years, Haywood worked closely with the late race director Charlie Whiting and latterly with the recently-axed Michael Masi. He retired from his main FIA job in May last year, but retained a consultancy role.
