Overview
- The Racing Bulls announced on November 6, 2026 that Alan Permane has signed a contract extension to remain team principal until the end of 2031.
- Permane joined the team as race director in January 2024 and was promoted to team principal in July 2025 after Laurent Mekies moved within the Red Bull group.
- The team has improved under his leadership, scoring its first podium at Zandvoort in 2025 and achieving its best constructors finish of sixth last year.
- This season the Racing Bulls sit fifth in the constructors standings with a 39-point lead over Alpine and four races remaining, a position the club says the extension is intended to protect and build on.
- Red Bull CEO Oliver Mintzlaff praised Permane and highlighted his partnership with managing director Peter Bayer as a stabilizing leadership duo, citing Permane’s more than three decades of Formula 1 experience at Enstone as a key asset.