John Iley

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John Iley
Born (1967-09-29) September 29, 1967 (age 58)
Alma mater Imperial College, London
Lanchester Polytechnic
OccupationDirector of Iley Design
Known forFormula One engineer, aerodynamicist and team principal

John Alastair Iley (born 29 September 1967 [1] ) is a British motor racing aerodynamicist, who was formerly the technical director for the Caterham F1 team. [2]

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Career

After graduating from Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, while studying at Imperial College, London, he worked on wind tunnel testing and data analysis of a sports prototypes.

Hired by Brun Technics on graduation, he worked on both the EuroBrun F1 team and the 1990 design of the Judd-powered Brun C91 sports car. In 1991 he was hired as aerodynamicist on the Allard J2X-C sports car, and subsequently worked on Indycar development for Newman-Haas, Lola Cars and Swift Engineering. [3]

In 1995 he moved to Formula1 with Jordan Grand Prix as an aerodynamicist, [3] becoming chief aerodynamicist in 1998. In 2002 he followed Mike Gascoyne to Renault F1, and then joined Ferrari in 2004 as chief aerodynamicist.

He joined McLaren Racing in 2010, [3] but was placed on gardening leave in late 2011, ahead of his joining with Gascoyne again at Caterham F1 as performance director in 2012. [3] [4]

Following his career in F1, Iley is the Director of Iley Design. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Gregoire, Francois-Michel (April 2006). Who Works in Formula One 2006. p. 205. ISBN   9781901711424.
  2. ↑ Noble, Jonathan. "Caterham F1 team lays off over 40 members of staff in restructure". autosport.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "McLaren aero man Iley heading to Caterham - Pitpass.com". www.pitpass.com. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Young, Byron (27 November 2011). "McLaren: Lotus blow no big deal for 2012". mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "John Iley, Director". Iley Design. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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