Alexander Wurz will make his debut on the FIA stewards panel for the 2011 season, having last occupied the position at the 2010 Japanese and Chinese grands prix.
The Austrian is a twice winner of the Le Mans 24-Hour race: in 1996, becoming the event’s youngest-ever winner and also in 2009.
Wurz, who is still an active sportcar driver and who will compete in the inaugural FIA World Endurance Championhsip next year with Toyota, enjoyed a 12-year Formula One career, racing and testing for Benetton, McLaren, Williams, Honda and Brawn.
He scored three F1 podium finishes: the 1997 British GP; the 2005 San Marino GP and the 2007 Canadian GP.
As well as racing, Wurz runs the driver-training firm – Test and Training International – launched by his father, multiple rallycross champion Franz Wurz. He also works closely with the FIA Institute on the Institute’s Young Driver Academy programme.
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