Former World Rally Championship co-driver and Citroën Team Manager Sven Smeets is the new Volkswagen Motorsport Director after replacing Jost Capito. Smeets, who joined Volkswagen in 2012 as Team Manager, replaces Capito as Volkswagen’s Motorsport Director. The German now heads to the McLaren F1 Team to become their Chairman for the Woking-based team from the 1 September 2016. Volkswagen have had a huge management restructure to their team as Lukasz Urban is now the Commercial Managing Director, replacing Kirsten Zimmermann. Whilst Technical Director Francois-Xavier Demaison and Director of Engine Development Dr. Donatus Wichelhaus move into the Management Board of Volkswagen...
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