Szafnauer had been the long-serving F1 boss for the Silverstone-based Aston Martin squad, stretching back to its early Force India days.
It emerged last year that he was on the cusp of a move to Alpine, leading to questions about his future with Aston Martin. Szafnauer said at Interlagos in November he had “no intention of leaving” and he had a long-term contract in place, having called the media reports “speculative conjecture”.
