ExxonMobil Team
Rob Shearer
Before joining ExxonMobil in 2001, Rob attended Louisiana Tech University and achieved a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems. He started in IT Account Management and has held various positions across the business in sales, marketing, planning and management. Rob’s career has spanned the US, Japan, India and most recently Latin America before assuming the role of Global Marketing Services & Sponsorship Manager in January 2022 back in Houston.
Rob is the Global Sponsorships & Motorsports Manager for ExxonMobil’s Fuels & Lubricants business. This means he is responsible for developing and implementing global sponsorship strategies aimed to drive awareness of ExxonMobil’s fuels and lubricants brands. These sponsorships, like the Technology Partnership with Oracle Red Bull Racing in Formula 1, are designed to ultimately increase consumer product purchase intent on a global scale.
QUICK-FIRE FUN
Dry or wet race? Dry for sure. I love F1 for the speed and seeing the cars at their top performance.
Senna or Prost? Senna. Relentless drive to win.
Monaco or Singapore? Easy. Singapore, competitive city racing at night.
Power unit limit or unlimited? Not sure how we race safely without the limits.
V10 or V6 hybrid? V6 hybrid. F1 is about technological innovation and the numbers speak for themselves.
Soft or hard tyre compound? Soft, pushing the limits in the turns.
KERS or DRS? KERS is cooler tech and fly by passing with DRS in the straights doesn’t make for more exciting racing for me.
Mark Humphries
Mark joined ExxonMobil in 1997 with a great deal of automotive industry experience, having previously worked for automotive component & car manufacturers and following conclusion of studies at Cardiff Business School. He has held a variety of positions in ExxonMobil Fuels & Lubricants, including international sales and marketing across a variety of business lines, passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles and industrial lubricants. A lifelong ‘petrol head’ Mark has always enjoyed the ability to engage his interest with work-life and this culminated in his current appointment to the Sponsorship & Motorsport Advisor role.
QUICK-FIRE FUN
Dry or wet race? Wet
Senna or Prost? Senna
Monaco or Singapore? Singapore
Power unit limit or unlimited? Unlimited
V10 or V6 hybrid? V10 (the noise)
Soft or hard tyre compound? Hard
KERS or DRS? DRS
Tomek Young
Born in a vibrant town in central Poland, Tomek had a passion for all things mechanical as far back as he can remember. Tomek is responsible for managing the technical side of the Mobil 1 and Esso motorsport sponsorships, headlined by the Red Bull Racing Honda team.
His first motorsport memory is going to motocross events at a track near a family vacation spot/at the Baltic sea and currently resides with his wife and son just north of Houston, Texas.
Finding cutting-edge technical solutions requires ingenuity but also patience to allow for optimization and refinement, hardly ever are breakthroughs a result of one person’s work. Tomek believes that only harnessing teamwork and collaborative power of individuals can lead to success.
Tomek leads an exceptional group of research engineers who are the brains behind the innovative Mobil 1™ motor oil and Esso Synergy™ race fuel that powers the team on track.
QUICK-FIRE FUN
Dry or wet race? Dry race
Senna or Prost? Michael Schumacher
(I was born in the ‘80s)
Monaco or Singapore? Monaco
Power unit limit or unlimited? Unlimited
V10 or V6 hybrid? V6 hybrid
Soft or hard tyre compound? Soft
KERS or DRS? KERS
Fiona McEwan
Born in a small town in Scotland, Fiona had always been adventurous. After graduating University with a degree in Chemistry Fiona decided it was time for a new challenge and relocated to Southampton to begin her career with ExxonMobil in 2017. During her time off work Fiona loves to travel to new countries and experience different cultures.
Fiona has joined the ExxonMobil Motorsports team as a Technical Advisor. She will be working trackside at Formula One events to provide technical support to the Oracle Red Bull Racing team. She will be responsible for the logistics of transporting fuels and lubricant to each race event and ensuring it is compliant with FIA regulations.
Fiona comes to work with a smile on her face and a drive to succeed. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to join the Motorsports team and she is hoping her hard-work and dedication can help the team to achieve even more success in the future.
Ion Urzica
Originally from the Republic of Moldova, Ion achieved a B.Sc. in Oil and Gas Engineering from The Gubkin University of Oil and Gas and thoroughly enjoys being at the technological forefront of motorsport. Ion joined the ExxonMobil Motorsports team as a Technical Advisor in 2020, initially with Oracle Red Bull Racing’s sister team Scuderia Alpha Tauri F1 Team.
This year, Ion will provide technical support to the Oracle Red Bull Racing team alongside fellow advisor, Fiona McEwan. Ion is responsible for the logistics of transporting fuels and lubricant to each race event and ensuring it is compliant with FIA regulations.
Ion enjoys reading non-fiction and favourite sports are F1, boxing and basketball. Ion’s most memorable moments is the trip back home from Australian GP after the Melbourne GP was cancelled last minute due to COVID-19 in 2020 and Pierre Gasly’s first and only win at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, 2020