John Walton (Formula One)

John Walton (8 April 1957 – 9 July 2004)[1] was an Irish motorsport professional who worked in a number of leading roles across numerous Formula One teams in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s.

[2] Walton went on to join Prost Grand Prix in January 2000 as the team's Sporting Director[4] and then moved on to occupy the same position at Minardi in 2002 until his death in 2004.

[6] John Walton was survived by his two sons, Tony and Kevin, and his three daughters, Susan, Kelly and Jodie.

[7] The Minardi team choose not to run their cars in Saturday's early practice session for the 2004 British Grand Prix following Walton's death.

Following his death on Friday night and with the agreement of its technical and commercial partners, for the remainder of the weekend the team ran the cars with a revised livery, with no sponsorship logos and featuring 'John Boy' on the rear wing and sidepods.