Mark Williams (Formula One)
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| Born | Mark Richard Williams April 7, 1959 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London[1] |
| Years active | 1980–2015 |
| Known for | Formula One cars engineer |
Mark Richard Williams (born 7 April 1959)[2] is an British engineer. He was known as the engineer for race cars development at McLaren from 1996 until 2015.
Career
He attended Imperial College London, where he studied mechanical engineering, graduating in 1980 with a master's degree. His first job in Formula One was as a composite engineer for the Ensign Racing.[3]
In 1982, he became a design engineer for engine components at engineering technology firm Ricardo Consulting, and in his spare time at the Delta Cars based near Hove, embarked on freelancing race car design and engineering.[3]
In 1983, he landed his first full-time job as a race car designer at Lola Cars working on projects ranging from Formula Ford to IndyCar, and running the Formula 3000 program from 1985 as chief operating officer.[4][5] In 1987, he was responsible as race engineer for Luis Perez-Sala in the Lola Motorsport F3000 car. Later in 1994, he worked as a race technician for Forsythe Green Racing in Championship Auto Racing Teams.[3]
In January 1996, he worked with Gordon Murray on the BMW Super Touring Car program run by McLaren Automotive, where he became Head of Vehicle Engineering.[1] At the end of 1997, he moved to the McLaren F1 Team and was in charge of the technical team for many years. In 2001, he was appointed as Chief Engineer of Vehicle Development, overseeing research and development.[6] A highlight of his track role was the car driven by Mika Hakkinen, who served until his last F1 win at Indianapolis in 2001.[3]
In 2002, he worked as Chief Engineer under the technical guidance of Adrian Newey. In 2007 became Head of Vehicle Performance.[7] Since 2011, he has successfully combined his F1 responsibilities to establish McLaren's growing GT3 sports car program.[3]
He retired from his F1 job in January 2015.[1] He currently runs a consulting firm called MW Consulting.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Meet the alumni: Mark Williams". Imperial College London. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ↑ "Mark Williams". Old Racing Cars. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Turner, Kevin (11 January 2018). "Mark Williams – An unsung hero of Formula 1". Autosport. Retrieved 12 May 2023 – via PressReader.
- ↑ Turner, Kevin (9 August 2018). "Woe and wins in F3000". Autosport. Retrieved 13 May 2023 – via PressReader.
- ↑ Sims, Brian (9 March 2023). "A call from Lola". The Paddock Magazine. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ↑ "Mark Williams". grandprix.com. Inside F1, Inc. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ↑ "F1: Video of McLaren's astonishing Mission Control". Auto 123. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ↑ "MW CONSULTING LIMITED". Company Information Service UK. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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