Shareholder Profiles

Teddy Yip

Teddy Yip Jr :: Team Principal

A Canadian-based entrepreneur with a great passion for motorsport. His late father, Teddy Yip Snr owned F1 team Theodore Racing in the 70’s and 80’s and was a founding father of the Macau GP F3 race. Teddy Jnr’s investment since 2008 has been the catalyst for Status GP’s rise to prominence


David Kennedy :: Managing Director

One of Ireland’s leading motorsport figures, reaching F1 with Theodore Racing in 1980 and enjoying a long sportscar career with Mazda, including a pivotal role in the Group C programme that won Le Mans in 1991. Since 1995, he has also been an F1 commentator for Irish television and columnist for the Irish Times newspaper


Mark Gallagher :: Shareholder

Best known for his F1 roles, he  was Head of Marketing at Jordan Grand Prix, before joining Jenson Button’s management team and then overseeing Jaguar Racing’s transition into Red Bull Racing. He founded Status GP in 2005, before being GM of Cosworth’s F1 and automotive divisions from 2009-11.