Classic car enthusiast and graduate of the University of Warwick (where he gained an MBA), Mike O’Driscoll began his career in the automotive industry in the 1970s with Jaguar Rover Triumph, where he remained until 1995 (through the company’s many different guises). At Jaguar he progressed from student, through the Read more…
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Simon Roberts joined Williams in the aftermath of Paddy Lowe‘s departure, when a structural review suggested the team might benefit from a more holistic leadership role of Managing Director rather than appointing another Chief Technical Officer – the role vacated by Lowe in 2019. Originally, Simon Roberts’ role was indented Read more…
Born into aristocracy, Sheridan Thynne’s interest in motorsport began brewing when a the father of a school friend – Peter Mitchell-Thomson, 2nd Baron of Selsdon – won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1949 in a Ferrari. (Where I’m from, if you had a school-friend whose dad owned a Read more…
After graduating from Cambridge University with a degree in Engineering, Geoff joined engineering consultancy BMT whilst completing a PhD in hydrodynamic engineering. In 1987, he was invited to join the design team of the British America’s Cup Challenge team where he spent three years working on keel and hull design, Read more…
Harrow born Gavin Fisher graduated from Hatfield Polytechnic (now the University of Hertfordshire) with a first class honours degree in Mechanical Engineering. Upon graduating, he joined Ricardo Consulting Engineers, working with powertrains which he found sufficiently dull to inspire him to pursue a career in the altogether more dynamic world Read more…
Born and bred in Normanby, Middlesbrough (another Northerner – Hooray!), Smedley gained a degree in Maths and Mechanical Engineering at Loughborough University in preparation for a career in motorpsort. Specialising in chassis engineering, Smedley’s first role in racing car design was in 1997 with Pilbeam Racing Designs – a Lincolnshire Read more…
Arriving in Formula 1 at the turn of the millennium, St. John’s College Oxford graduate Dave Robson brought with him a wealth of experience in stress analysis and laboratory testing within the steel industry in his native North-East. After joining McLaren as junior stress engineer in 2000, Dave Robson tried Read more…
Having caught the racing bug, Sophie Ogg’s first foray into motorsport operations was work experience, volunteering to help out with events in order to get behind the scenes, learn about the sport and gain as many contacts in the racing world as she could, already thinking about potential careers in Read more…
Born in 1956, Dickie Stanford grew up in Swindon and was first attracted to Formula 1 when he attended the 1968 Race of Champions at Brands Hatch aged 12. On leaving school, Stanford worked for MAFF (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries), where he was responsible for stockpiling food in Read more…
Lady Virginia Williams (nee Virginia Berry) met Frank Williams – then a wheeler dealer wannabe Grand Prix team owner in 1967 when she was working as a receptionist in London. ‘Ginny’ as she was better known bought into her then boyfriend Frank’s racing dream from the very beginning, both figuratively Read more…
