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Herbie Blash | |
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 Blash at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix | |
| Born | Michael Blash 30 September 1948 |
| Occupation | Permanent Senior Advisor to the FIA Formula 1 Race Directors |
Michael "Herbie" Blash (born 30 September 1948) is the Permanent Senior Advisor to the FIA Race Directors at Formula One races.[1]
Blash started at RRC Walker Racing as a mechanic before joining Lotus in 1968 to work with Graham Hill. Into the early 1970s, he took up management responsibilities. Blash then left Lotus after a walk-out and was employed by Frank Williams to his Politoys team. By 1973, he was the team manager of the Brabham Formula One team working alongside Bernie Ecclestone and Gordon Murray until 1988. From late 1995 until the end of 2016, Blash was the FIA Deputy Race Director at Formula One Grand Prix races.[2][3][4] As of 2021, Blash has acted as a consultant to Yamaha motorcycle racing since 2017, having been associated with marque for 30 years.[5]
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- ^ "People: Herbie Blash". Grandprix.com.
- ^ "Herbie Blash to step down as Deputy F1 Race Director". FIA. 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ Benson, Andrew (5 July 2016). "Formula 1: FIA veteran Herbie Blash to step down as deputy race director". BBC. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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