Jarrod Murphy

Jarrod Murphy
Citizenship	British
Occupation	Aerodynamicist
Employer	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport
Known for	Formula One aerodynamicist
Title	aerodynamics director

Jarrod Murphy is a British Formula One aerodynamicist. He is currently the aerodynamics director at the Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport Formula One team. ^[1]

Biography

Murphy started his career in motorsport as a stress analyst for the Benetton F1 team in 1996. He then moved into CFD (Computer Fluid Dynamics), becoming the head of CFD at Renault in 2006. ^[2] In 2013 he moved to Mercedes to become the chief aerodynamicist before becoming the head of aerodynamics at Mercedes in 2017. ^[3] In July 2021 he was promoted to Aerodynamics Director covering a broader remit and effectively replacing Mike Elliott who was promoted to technical director.

Career timeline

• Head of CFD Application – Renault F1 (2002–2006)
• Head of CFD – Renault F1 (2006–2011)
• Head of CFD – Lotus F1 (2012–2013)
• Chief aerodynamicist – Mercedes F1 (2013–2017)
• Head of aerodynamics – Mercedes F1 (2017–2021)
• Aerodynamics Director – Mercedes F1 (2021–)

References

1. "How Toto Wolff made Mercedes one of sport's greatest teams". BBC Sport.
2. "F1: Lotus Renault's CFD chief opens his doors". Auto 123.
3. "From Lotus to Mercedes". Joe Bloggs F1. 20 September 2013.