Craig Pollock

Quick Facts

Full Name	Craig Pollock
Occupation	Businessperson
Date Of Birth	Feb 20, 1956(1956-02-20)
Age	68
Birthplace	Falkirk
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Scotland
Horoscope	Aquarius

Craig Pollock Biography

Craig Pollock is one of the most popular and richest Businessperson who was born on February 20, 1956 in Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom. Craig Pollock (born February 20 1956) is an entrepreneur who managed World Champion Formula One driver Jacques Villeneuve throughout his top-level career. He was also the Chief Executive Officer and Team Principal for the British American Racing team from 1999 until 2002.

In 1998, Pollock bought Tyrrell together with his partner while he was developing BAR (British American Racing) from an Greenfield site. Pollock appointed his driver and friend to be team captain. He was immediately a controversial figure. Pollock has made numerous statements about how successful his team could be. The claims were actually made at the big announcement ceremony by his co-partner Technical Director of their Team Adrian Reynard when he announced in front of the entire crowd of reporters (in the London-based event) in London that “Reynard” had always obtained “pole position” in their first race, and then “won” the Championship in their second season. BAR was not in the championship during their first year.

Further to Pollock leaving BAR he was contacted by Kevin Kalkhoven to enter Formula One and carried out a due diligence of the bankrupt Arrows Team but decided against it. Kalkhoven suggested that they enter the CART series and Pollock negotiated the purchase of the assets of PacWest Cart team and entered the CART championship for the 2003 series. Pollock managed this only for one season and requested that Kalkhoven purchase his shares to manage this team himself. During this period Pollock introduced Kalkhoven to an ex business partner Gerald Forsythe. From this introduction both Kalkhoven and Forsythe bought the series and Cosworth.

Pollock and Villeneuve ended their business relationship in January 2008.

In 1993, Villeneuve was a driver for the American Formula Atlantic before breaking into IndyCars in 1994. After winning an event at Road America (Elkhart lake) in his debut season Villeneuve took home his first Indy car championship and prestigious Indianapolis 500 win in 1995. Pollock utilized his winning streak to convince Villeneuve to admission to F1 as part of his Williams F1 team where he was crowned champion in his second season (1997).

Craig Pollock Net Worth

Craig Pollock is one of the richest Businessperson from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Craig Pollock 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Pollock was a teacher in the late 1970s before becoming the director of sport in the College Beausoleil in Villars, Switzerland. There he met a young Jacques Villeneuve who had been taken into the institution following the passing of their Formula One driver father Gilles.

After leaving school, Villeneuve was able to pursue a career as a race driver and followed the footsteps of his father. Villeneuve was a participant in Formula 3 with Prema Racing in Italy and experienced mediocre results. The two drivers were reunited by an accidental encounter on Suzuka. Suzuka circuit. Villeneuve had been invited by the Japanese photographer and lover of his father’s passing to attend an event on his GP weekend. Pollock was in attendance the event on Honda associated business. The session at the track led to three meetings in Switzerland where Villeneuve was looking at an idea of Pollock controlling his career. Pollock agreed to the offer after the third meeting. The first thing Pollock did was talk to Toyota Team Tom’s in Japan and then move Villenuve to Tokyo where he would get the chance to further develop his ability as driver. (1992). This year Pollock was approached by Jean-Claude Torchia , a worker with Imperial Tobacco in Montreal to inquire whether Villeneuve would be willing to drive for Formula Atlantic. Formula Atlantic are at Trois Riviers in Quebec. This opened the way for Pollock to start discussions regarding Villeneuve’s future career in the United States. A three-year contract was agreed upon.

Pollock spent the time working with the team to improve and was successful in his endeavour to sign Honda to return to F1 with his team. He was successful and Honda returned with BAR to become BAR Honda in 2000. BAR Honda finished 5th in the Championship (4th equal in points with Benneton).

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