Joan Villadelprat
Joan Villadelprat (born 15 November 1955[1]) is the Spanish team principal of race team Epsilon Euskadi. He worked for McLaren, Ferrari and Tyrrell Racing[2] before joining Benetton Formula. He was formerly Operations Director and Team Manager at Benetton Formula until 1999,[3] he then worked for Prost Grand Prix as managing director. After the closure of Prost Grand Prix he left Formula 1.
Prost Grand Prix[]
In November 2000, Alain Prost employed Joan Villadelprat as his managing director.[4]
Epsilon Euskadi[]
Villadelprat was instrumental in Epsilon Euskadi's failed attempted entry into the 2010 Formula 1 season.[5]
Joan Villadelprat writes F1 articles for Spanish newspaper El País.[6]
Epsilon scandal and Supreme Court sentence[]
Epsilon Euskadi ee1 founder Joan Villadelprat and Mark Phillip Payne were taken to court in Vitoria (Spain) under allegations of corruption and negligent management of public funding granted by the Basque Country government when Juan Jose Ibarratxe was president. Juan Jose Ibarretxe was president elected of the Partido Nacionalista Vasco. Basque Nationalist Party
In June 2016 the Spanish Civil Supreme Court did not consider Villadepprat allegations against the Provice Court of Alava guilty sentence, which demanded to Villadelprat paying a fine of 899.263 Euros as responsible for the bankruptcy of the Firm Epsilon, a Formula 1 aspirations firm. Joan who received public funding from the Basque Country Government was also sentenced by the Spanish Trading Court guilty and banned for 3 years from managing third parties goods or funds.
External links[]
- El sueño automovilístico que el PNV diseñó hace unos pocos años para Álava ha terminado en el banquillo de los acusados. .
- Villadelprat achaca la quiebra de Epsilon a la crisis
- PEOPLE: JOAN VILLADELPRAT Grandprix.com
- Villadelprat column on El Pais
References[]
- ^ "The 2001 Teams". atlasf1.com. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ Epsilon Euskadi expresses interest in F1 spot ESPNF1 Staff. ESPNF1.com. 22 March 2010.
- ^ F1: Joan Villadelprat leaves Benetton Motorsport.com. 22 December 1999.
- ^ Prost moves to improve team BBC Sport. 3 November 2000.
- ^ Exclusive Q & A with Joan Villadelprat Racer.com. 3 June 2009.
- ^ Villadelprat column on El Pais El Pais. Retrieved on 25 April 2012.
- Formula One people
- Living people
- 1955 births