Operational Staff
Dr. Colin Kolles, Team Principal and Managing Director
(born 13.12.1967 in Timisoara - Romania) was the Managing Director and Team Principal of the Force India F1 Team. He is from Ingolstadt, Germany, and a German national.
Kolles entered racing by running Kolles Racing and TME racing, two teams in the Formula Three Euroseries. He was appointed as Managing Director and Team Principal of the F1 team (then known as Jordan) by its new owner, Alex Shnaider, in 2004.
Kolles was Managing Director and Team Principal of team Midland F1 before the 2006 season began. Following the team's takeover by Spyker and then Force India, Dr Colin Kolles remained as managing director and Team Principal until 2009.
Kolles has since formed his own LMP1 team to compete in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 2009 Le Mans Series season, where he fielded a pair of ex-works Audi R10s TDI running Michael Krumm, Charles Zwolsman, ex-single seater drivers Andrew Meyrick and Christian Bakkerud, and ex-Formula One drivers Christijan Albers, Narain Karthikeyan and Swiss driver Giorgio Mondini. Andre Lotterer also participated in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans. Kolles also ran a team in the 2009 DTM, with Christian Bakkerud, Johannes Seidlitz and Tomas Kostka Audi A4s DTM.
Key operational staff:
Geoff Willis, Technical Director
Boris Bermes, Chief of Operations
Toni Cuquerella, Chief of Racing and Testing
Richard Connell, Race Engineer (Karun Chandhok)
Angel Baena, Data Engineer (Karun Chandhok)
Daniele Ferri, System Engineer (Karun Chandhok)
Xevi Pujolar, Race Engineer (Bruno Senna)
Xavier Marcos, Data Engineer (Bruno Senna)
Olaf Bulgrin, System Engineer (Bruno Senna)
Markus Hug, Control Engineer
Alba Saiz, Press Officer
Heike Feldkamp, Team Management Coordinator