Mark Smith (racing engineer)
Mark Smith (born 9 March 1961)[1] is the former Technical Director of the Caterham Formula One team.
Early life
Smith grew up in Pelsall, a village about 15 miles north of Birmingham. He left school to undertake a technical apprenticeship with GKN Automotive who sponsored him to undertake a Mechanical Engineering degree course at the Wolverhampton Polytechnic, from which he graduated with a first class honours degree in 1984.
Motorsport career
Having participated in motocross as a youngster, Smith subsequently developed an interest in Formula One. His first job in the motorsport industry was in 1988 at Comtec, the composites wing of March Engineering. From there he joined Reynard Racing Cars in 1989 and started working with Gary Anderson, initially on the 1990 F3000 car.
In 1990, Smith moved to Jordan Grand Prix where he helped to design the Jordan 191. He stayed at Jordan for 11 years progressing to the positions of Head of Mechanical Design, and then Joint Chief Designer with Mike Gascoyne. In 2000, Smith followed Gascoyne to Renault, taking the position of Chief Designer.
Smith moved to Red Bull Racing in 2005, firstly as Deputy Technical Director and then Technical Director before moving to Force India as Design Director in 2007. Two years later he was promoted to Technical Director before moving to Caterham in 2011. He was sacked in 2014.
References
- ↑ "Mark Smith". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
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