Born and raised in the UK to American parents, FIA presidential candidate Tim Mayer worked with the governing body between 2009 and 2024, but his connections with motor racing go much deeper than that.
His father Teddy Mayer, who died in 2007, was one of the driving forces behind McLaren for almost two decades. From the company’s foundation in 1963, Mayer Sr provided the business acumen and lawyerly smarts, then took over the running of the business after Bruce McLaren’s death in 1970.
