For nearly twenty years now, Liliane has been working as Nicolo di San Germano assistant. In the beginning her job was more administrative, working on major projects, including the Spirit Formula One Racing Team, the AIpi-Eagles aerobatics squad, plus buying and selling motor racing circuit advertising. Since 1994, when Idea Marketing took over promoting the UIM Formula One series, her job has become more organisational, looking after flights, hotel accommodation and visa’s, along with the catering for the Idea staff, the drivers, journalists and sponsors. She is also responsible for all correspondence with the U.I.M, local organisers, drivers, and sponsors.

After studying English at a language college in Bournemouth, Liliane went to Canada and worked in the Okanagan Valley, British Colombia. After two years she moved back to her native Switzerland and started in the Research Department at Rolex watches, where she spent the next seven years. Then she moved to Geneva and took up a post in the local Chamber of Commerce of Ivory Coast. Through her role there she was offered a job in the Ivory Coast, working with various Swiss Companies.

The following year she briefly worked at the Duty Free shop in Nairobi, Kenya. In 1980 she accepted a position with Philip Morris in their Marketing Department, where she spent the next two years, before joining Idea Marketing.

Through Formula One Liliane has been able to share some instants of daily life with a variety of people including, sharing a meal in a local restaurant in Malaysia, with the local race organisers, where she had to eat the food with her hands from banana leafs, and sitting down amongst a crowd of nursery school children in China until they were no longer afraid of the stranger in their midst, and in the end even sharing their chocolate bar with her.

Philippe Stiernon, described by Nicolo di San Germano as "the man who never says no!".
He first joined the Idea Team back in 1986, to help with the Grand Prix of Seville, in Spain, bringing with him a specislised knowledge in event organisation and communication. His initial job was actually looking after the logistics and maintaining all the equipment, including the turn buoys and sponsors tents, plus driving the Idea truck to events. With the arrival of Gianfranco Silecchia in 1994 who took over running the logistical operations along with "Transportation Mazzone", Philippe was able to concentrate on the communications aspect of the Formula One World Championship series.He now organises and maintains the press office at each venue, and provides the liaison between the sport and the foreign journalists.

He also helps with each race team's public relations personel, providing their all-important link to the outside world. One of his first projects was the creation and management of an internet website entirely dedicated to the sport of Formula One powerboat racing.

The first tests were carried out in December 1997, this was followed by its official launch in March 1998. It was decided from the out-set that the site must provide a "window" on Formula One powerboating, offering people the opportunity to access information on the races, the drivers, their teams, plus the calendar of events and the race regulations to help explain the sport.

During a typical Grand Prix weekend Philippe will up-load all the practice times and races results within five minutes of their publication. He will also up-load a series of pictures that he's taken around the venue.

When he is away from the races, he lives with his nine year old son Amaury, at his home in Waterloo, Belgium. There he spends up to two hours each day maintaining and updating the website. He continues to modify the site and plans to open an "on-line" boutique soon. This will allow people to purchase official race memorabilita and clothing.

Always one of the first to arrive at the race circuit, he still can't help getting his hands dirty, always offering to help assemble trhe Paddock Club or VIP Village

Since 1994 Gianfranco has been responsible for all the Formula One logistics, though he originally started as a news journalist working for the Gazzetta del Popolo, in Torino. His brief was to supply news from the Pinerolo region. In 1971 he joined the Fiat Automobile company, where he was responsible for the organisation of the Fiat Abarth Rally Team in the Italian, European, and World Rally Championships. The team won the FIA Manufacturer title in 1977, 78 and 80. During this period he worked with the likes of Markku Alen, who won the FIA drivers title, for Fiat, in 1978 and Walter Rohrl, who won it in 1980. He was also involved with the Lancia team in the World Championship of Sport Prototypes, whose drivers included Riccardo Patrese and Alessandro Nannini.

In 1984 he became the director of Sestrieres SPA, working in conjunction with the National Olympic Committee. During this time he help with the development for the only centre in italy that specialised in training Italian athletes for track and field events.

In 1987 he was back with four wheels, this time working on the development of a new car racing championship for ice racing. He also worked with Albatech in the Sports Prototypes Championship, and in the Super Tourism Championship with the Jolly Club race team. During the early 1990’s he joined Aprilia Motorbikes, as the Sportive Director and Team Manager, for their first season competing in the 250cc World Championships.

As far as powerboat racing is concerned, he thinks that in the last few years a lot of improvements have been made as far as the image and professionalism are concerned. And its his aim to continue to improve these important aspects.

Considered by many as ‘the right arm’ of Gianfranco Silecchia, its Egidio’s job to, prepare the pit and paddock area at each of the Grand Prix venues.

A familiar role for a man who started his career at Scuderia Ferrari back in 1972. For the following three years he worked with Jacky Ickx, who won that years German Grand Prix and his teammate Clay Regazzoni.

In 1975, his final year with the team, he worked with Niki Lauda who clinched both the Driver and Constructors Championships for Ferrari.

He then went to South Africa where he worked with the Fiat motorsport campaign, both rallying and circuit racing with the Fiat 125.

After three years of limited success, he was transferred to the UK to work for the Fiat/Lancia Rally Team. His team manager was the legendary Cesare Fiorio. During his time with the raliy team, his role was to look after Markku Alen, and then Henri Toivonen, whom he helped win his first ever World Championship Rally, the 1985 RAC Rally. Through Lancia’s sponsor, Martini, he spent one year working with Renato Molinari, his first introduction to powerboat racing.

His second earns in 1996 when he was invited to Chalon-sur.Saône to watch the French Grand Prix, by Silecchia, whom he had met through rallying. He was asked if he would like to help out with the Series and joined the Idea team.

One of his favourite moments was when he had a chance to join Scott Gillman in the two seater for two laps of the Abu Dhabi race circuit.