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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">FIA Formula One race official</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-data role">Permanent Senior Advisor to the FIA Formula 1 Race Directors</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Michael</b> "<b>Herbie</b>" <b>Blash</b> (born 30 September 1948) is the Permanent Senior Advisor to the <a href="/wiki/FIA" class="mw-redirect" title="FIA">FIA</a> Race Directors at <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> races.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blash started at <a href="/wiki/Rob_Walker_Racing_Team" title="Rob Walker Racing Team">RRC Walker Racing</a> as a mechanic before joining <a href="/wiki/Team_Lotus" title="Team Lotus">Lotus</a> in 1968 to work with <a href="/wiki/Graham_Hill" title="Graham Hill">Graham Hill</a>. Into the early 1970s, he took up management responsibilities. Blash then left Lotus after a walk-out and was employed by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Williams_(Formula_One)" title="Frank Williams (Formula One)">Frank Williams</a> to his <a href="/wiki/Politoys_FX3" class="mw-redirect" title="Politoys FX3">Politoys</a> team. By 1973, he was the team manager of the <a href="/wiki/Brabham" title="Brabham">Brabham</a> Formula One team working alongside <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Ecclestone" title="Bernie Ecclestone">Bernie Ecclestone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Murray" title="Gordon Murray">Gordon Murray</a> until 1988. From late 1995 until the end of 2016, Blash was the FIA Deputy Race Director at Formula One Grand Prix races.<sup id="cite_ref-blash_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blash-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stepdown1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stepdown1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stepdown2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stepdown2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2021, Blash has acted as a consultant to Yamaha motorcycle racing since 2017, having been associated with marque for 30 years.<sup id="cite_ref-MS_Apr_2021_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MS_Apr_2021-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herbie_Blash&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When he was 17, Blash gained work at the RRC Walker Racing Team as a mechanic. He worked alongside <a href="/wiki/Jo_Siffert" title="Jo Siffert">Jo Siffert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jo_Bonnier" title="Jo Bonnier">Jo Bonnier</a> who had experience in Formula One. In 1968, Blash became the race mechanic to Graham Hill at Lotus before working with <a href="/wiki/Jochen_Rindt" title="Jochen Rindt">Jochen Rindt</a> a year later. On the day of the <a href="/wiki/1969_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="1969 Spanish Grand Prix">1969 Spanish Grand Prix</a>, Blash accidentally cut off parts of a newer, larger front wing from aluminium panels. When Chapman inspected the wings, he became enraged and demanded that the cars to be withdrawn from the race. In the end, Lotus ended up racing and all three cars retired.<sup id="cite_ref-wing_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wing-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the death of Rindt during qualifying at the <a href="/wiki/1970_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="1970 Italian Grand Prix">1970 Italian Grand Prix</a>, Blash took on responsibilities of management within Lotus until he walked out along with several employees. In 2010, 28 years after Chapman's death, Blash recalled "Mr. Chapman was the love God has for us." He demanded of his staff use to self-abandonment.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (November 2016)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Blash: "I started on a Monday morning at Lotus. When I saw my apartment for the first time, it was Wednesday afternoon.."<sup id="cite_ref-wing_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wing-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1973, Blash became the team manager for Brabham having worked on their <a href="/wiki/Formula_Two" title="Formula Two">Formula Two</a> project. He worked alongside owner Bernie Ecclestone and designer Gordon Murray. His time at the team oversaw the world championship wins of <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Piquet" title="Nelson Piquet">Nelson Piquet</a> in 1981 and 1983. Blash continued as team manager until 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brabham was sold to Swiss financier Joachim Luhti and Blash left to join <a href="/wiki/Formula_One_Constructors_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Formula One Constructors Association">FOCA</a> for 1989. Luhti would later be arrested and the Middlebridge Group bought the team and Blash returned as the Sporting Director to rebuild the team. His role helped to secure a supply of engines from <a href="/wiki/Yamaha_Motor_Company" title="Yamaha Motor Company">Yamaha</a> in 1991. Blash was offered a job with Yamaha and joined the company as their sporting director, overseeing its relationships with <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Grand_Prix" title="Jordan Grand Prix">Jordan</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Tyrrell_Racing" title="Tyrrell Racing">Tyrrell</a>. At the same time, he was running Yamaha subsidiary Activa - which was housed in the old Brabham factory in <a href="/wiki/Chessington" title="Chessington">Chessington</a>. He still runs Activa - which does research and development and fabrication work for the motor racing industry. Since December 1995, Blash has also acted as the <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_l%27Automobile" title="Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile">Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile</a> (FIA)'s Deputy Race Director at all Grands Prix.<sup id="cite_ref-blash_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blash-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 5 July 2016 the FIA announced that he would be stepping down at the end of the 2016 season.<sup id="cite_ref-stepdown1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stepdown1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stepdown2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stepdown2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blash has worked with Yamaha for 30 years since the Brabham days and Activa Technology, and acts as a consultant to the Japanese company involved in their <a href="/wiki/World_Superbike" class="mw-redirect" title="World Superbike">World Superbike</a> race programme.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MS_Apr_2021_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MS_Apr_2021-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the <a href="/wiki/2022_Formula_One_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Formula One season">2022 Formula One season</a>, Blash was appointed as permanent senior advisor to the <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> race director.<sup 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href="/wiki/1967_Formula_One_season" title="1967 Formula One season">1967</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1981_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="1981 Formula One World Championship">1981</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1983_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="1983 Formula One World Championship">1983</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#004626; color:gold;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_World_Constructors%27_Champions" title="List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:gold">Constructors' titles</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/1966_Formula_One_season" title="1966 Formula One season">1966</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1967_Formula_One_season" title="1967 Formula One season">1967</a></dd></dl> 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BT45">BT45</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brabham_BT45" title="Brabham BT45">BT45B</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brabham_BT45" title="Brabham BT45">BT45C</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brabham_BT46" title="Brabham BT46">BT46</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brabham_BT46" title="Brabham BT46">BT46B</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brabham_BT46" title="Brabham BT46">BT46C</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brabham_BT46" title="Brabham BT46">BT47</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brabham_BT48" title="Brabham BT48">BT48</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brabham_BT49" title="Brabham BT49">BT49</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brabham_BT49" title="Brabham BT49">BT49B</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brabham_BT49" title="Brabham BT49">BT49T</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brabham_BT49" title="Brabham BT49">BT49C</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brabham_BT49" title="Brabham BT49">BT49D</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brabham_BT50" title="Brabham BT50">BT50</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brabham_BT51" class="mw-redirect" title="Brabham BT51">BT51</a></dd> 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