Jürgen Hubbert

Jürgen Hubbert
Born	(1939-07-24)24 July 1939
Died	12 January 2021(2021-01-12) (aged 81)
Nationality	German

Jürgen Hubbert (24 July 1939 – 12 January 2021) was a German mechanical engineer and manager. From 16 December 1998 to 6 April 2005 he was a member of the Board of Management of what was then DaimlerChrysler AG and in this function was responsible for the Mercedes Car Group (MCG).

Life

After graduating from high school, he studied at the University of Stuttgart and graduated in 1965 with a degree in engineering. In the same year he joined what was then Daimler-Benz AG, where he worked in the process development department of the Sindelfingen plant in various technical and planning functions until 1973. At the beginning of the 90s he accepted a teaching position at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe in addition to his work at Mercedes-Benz.

Daimler Benz

Jürgen Hubbert headed the Daimler-Benz car business from 1990 and was called Mister Mercedes. During this time, the models on offer were expanded, including the compact cars A-Class and smart, the first SUV with the star M-Class and the CLK.

He played a key role in Mercedes' re-entry into Formula 1 in the early 1990s. Since 2002, Hubbert was President of the Grand Prix World Championship, which wanted to establish its own Grand Prix series from 2008 in competition with Formula 1.

Positions at Daimler-Benz

• 1973: Head of work preparation for the Sindelfingen plant; at the same time planning of the plant construction in Bremen
• 1984: Head of the production preparation department in Sindelfingen
• 1985: Head of Corporate Planning: Coordination of strategic and medium-term planning for the group and management of the product commissions for passenger cars and commercial vehicles
• 1987: Deputy member of the Board of Management, Passenger Car Division, Daimler-Benz AG
• 1989: Member of the Board of Management, Passenger Car Division, Mercedes-Benz AG
• 1997: Member of the Board of Management, Passenger Car Division, Daimler-Benz AG
• 2004: Retirement (successor: Eckhard Cordes)

Cultural and social engagement

Jürgen Hubbert was the founding chairman of the Sindelfingen Community Foundation. He also bequeathed his stuffed animal collection, consisting of 2500 Steiff stuffed animals, to the city of Sindelfingen. Since no space could be created for this in the city museum by 2020, the exhibits were returned to Jürgen Hubbert.

He was chairman of the board of directors of the State Gallery in Stuttgart and chairman of the board of trustees of the Foundation for the Promotion of the Semperoper. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Forum Tiberius. At the Deutsche Sporthilfe Foundation, he chaired the board of trustees.

Miscellaneous

• He was a member of the supervisory board of Industriewerke Karlsruhe-Augsburg AG (IWKA).
• He was a member of the group advisory board of Deutsche Bahn.

Awards

In 2000 Jürgen Hubbert received the Great Silver Medal of Honor with the Star for Services to the Republic of Austria. On 14 December 2004 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Cross of Merit 1st Class). In 2015 the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology awarded him honorary academic citizenship.

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Mercedes-Benz in Formula One

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport (2010–present)

Ownership Mercedes-Benz Group (33.3%) Toto Wolff (33.3%) Ineos (33.3%) Executive management Toto Wolff (CEO & team principal) Ola Källenius (Head of Mercedes-Benz) Current personnel James Allison Peter Bonnington Simon Cole Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mike Elliott Ron Meadows Jarrod Murphy John Owen Markus Schäfer [de] Britta Seeger Loïc Serra Andrew Shovlin Hywel Thomas [ja] Geoff Willis Former personnel Bob Bell Loïc Bigois Eric Blandin Ross Brawn Aldo Costa Andy Cowell Jock Clear Mark Ellis Nick Fry Thomas Fuhr Norbert Haug Ben Hodgkinson [ja] Jürgen Hubbert Niki Lauda Paddy Lowe Tony Ross Wolfgang Schattling Mark Slade James Vowles Craig Wilson [ja] Thomas Weber Ian Wright Dieter Zetsche Current race drivers 44. Lewis Hamilton 63. George Russell 2023 Test and reserve drivers 47. Mick Schumacher Simulator drivers Jake Hughes Anthony Davidson Junior Team drivers Frederik Vesti Paul Aron Andrea Kimi Antonelli Alex Powell Yuanpu Cui World Champions Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Ambassadors Nico Rosberg Esteban Gutiérrez Susie Wolff Notable drivers   Valtteri Bottas   Michael Schumacher Drivers' titles 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Constructors' titles 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Formula One cars W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 W07 W08 W09 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 Engine division Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains Related Mercedes-Benz Group Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG

Daimler-Benz (1954–1955)
Personnel Fritz Nallinger Alfred Neubauer Max Sailer Rudolf Uhlenhaut World Champions Juan Manuel Fangio Notable drivers   Hans Herrmann   Karl Kling   Hermann Lang   Stirling Moss   André Simon   Piero Taruffi Drivers' titles 1954 1955 Formula One cars W196 Related Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows

Success with Mercedes-Benz engines
Drivers' titles 1954 1955 1998 1999 2008 2009 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Constructors' titles 1998 2009 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Related Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains Mercedes engine customers' Grand Prix results Mercedes-AMG Italics indicate factory team.