Andrew Green (Formula One)

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Andrew Green
Born (1965-06-14) 14 June 1965 (age 57)
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
CitizenshipBritish
Occupation Engineer
Employer Aston Martin F1 Team
Known forFormula One engineer
TitleChief technical officer

Andrew Green (born 14 June 1965) [1] is a British Formula One engineer. He is currently the chief technical officer at the Aston Martin Formula One team. [2]

Biography

Green began his career in motorsport when he was involved in the newly formed Jordan Grand Prix team in 1990.

Spending many years as a Race Engineer with Jordan in the mid-1990s, he joined British American Racing in 1998 where he was Head of Mechanical Design, later joining Red Bull Technology as the Head of R&D in 2004. [3]

By 2010, Green was back at Silverstone, with the team now called Force India, after taking over the technical reins of the teams operation, initially working as Director of Engineering. [4]

In 2011 Green was appointed Technical Director, a role in which he remained until June 2021. [5]

As of 2021 Green was promoted to Chief Technical Officer as part of a reshuffle with Dan Fallows to take his place as technical director. [6]

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References

  1. "Andrew Green". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. "Andrew Green Biography". Racing Point F1 Team. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020.
  3. "Andrew Green, Force India's smooth operator". F1i. 18 December 2016.
  4. "Force India promotes Green". Pit Pass. 4 February 2011.
  5. "Andrew Green talks F1 finance". The Checkered Flag. 20 June 2020.
  6. "Aston Martin hire new Engineering Director and promote Andrew Green in tech team reshuffle". Formula 1. 17 June 2021.