Engineering director, McLaren Racing Paddy Lowe joined McLaren from Williams in 1993 as the team's head of research and development. Instrumental in introducing a number of key technical innovations to the cars, his remit consistently broadened and he was appointed engineering director in May 2005 - a role that gives him responsibility over all the engine...
Design and development director, McLaren Racing Like so many venerable motorsport engineers, Neil’s Formula 1 career began in the Williams Grand Prix drawing office in the late 1970s. He rose to become race engineer, working alongside drivers such as world champions Keke Rosberg and Nigel Mansell. He enjoyed a brief stint as chief designer for the shortlived T...
Operations director, McLaren Racing A rich background in mechanical and automotive engineering – including roles at BMW's powertrain division – perfectly prepared Simon Roberts for McLaren Racing. Joining the team in 2003 as general manager, he became operations director the following year. For 2009, he was seconded to the Force India F1 team...
Head of vehicle design, McLaren Racing Andrew Bailey began his career designing fast maritime craft in Australia. After a series of senior design and development roles he joined McLaren from QinetiQ in 2008. Overseeing the latter half of the design development of the championship-winning MP4-23, he currently has charge over McLaren Racing's vehicle design, ...
Head of aerodynamics, McLaren Racing Joining Vodafone McLaren Mercedes at the start of 2010, John Iley heads up the team’s aerodynamics department, overseeing the efficient operation and day-to-day running of the group. He previously occupied the same role at Ferrari from 2003 until the middle of last year, and has also worked for Renault F1 and Jor...
Chief aerodynamicist, McLaren Racing After gaining his PhD in Aeronautical Engineering at Manchester University Doug McKiernan joined BAE Systems, specialising in wing design. His expertise in CFD made him a natural asset in BAE Systems’ technical partnership with McLaren-Mercedes, and in 1999 he came to Woking to develop CFD models. After three mon...
Chief Engineer MP4-25, McLaren Racing Tim Goss entered Formula 1 with Cosworth in 1986 before joining McLaren as a design engineer in 1990. He has held many roles within the team, including stints as chief test team engineer, head of vehicle dynamics and chief engineer powertrain – a role in which he oversaw the introduction of the sport’s firs...
Chief engineer, MP4-26, McLaren Racing Pat joined the Benetton Formula 1 team in 1987, initially setting up their electronics departments and working on their active suspension system. He became a test team engineer in 1991 and a race engineer in 1992. The following year, he joined McLaren to develop the active car and run the test team, moving to race engi...
Head of vehicle engineering, McLaren Racing After graduating from Imperial College, London, with a degree in mechanical engineering, Mark devoted himself to motorsport, working at the Ensign Formula 1 team, engineering firm Ricardo and as a designer at Lola. After a stint working in the North American IndyCar series, he returned to Europe, firstly to look after ...
Team Manager, McLaren Racing David Redding took on his first motorsport role in 1988, working in the Benetton Formula 1 team’s gearbox department. In 1995, he became number one mechanic at McLaren, before leaving at the end of 1996 to help set up the fledgling Stewart Grand Prix team. When he rejoined McLaren in 2000, he moved to the team&rs...
Principal Race engineer, McLaren Racing Philip Prew started his McLaren career in vehicle dynamics and modelling in 1997. The following year he joined the race team, working as an assistant race engineer to Mika Hakkinen. In 2001, he was promoted to race engineer, a role he oversaw until the end of last season, working with David Coulthard, Juan Pablo Montoy...
Jenson Button’s race engineer Danish-born Jakob Andreasen initially worked at McLaren in the mid 1990s, engineering the Group’s GT and Le Mans sports car programmes. He returned in 2001 as a test engineer and joined the race team in 2005, where he most recently worked as assistant race engineer on Lewis’s car. He has also worked in the ...
Lewis Hamilton’s race engineer Andy Latham joined McLaren in 2000, and has taken on a range of technically challenging positions within the company, including roles developing software and the team simulator. With more than six years of trackside experience, including stints working with Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso, he is perfectly placed to ...