Will Courtenay

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Will Courtenay
NationalityBritish
Occupation Engineer
Employer Red Bull Racing
Known forFormula One engineer
TitleHead of Race Strategy

Will Courtenay is a British Formula One engineer. He is currently the Head of Race Strategy for the Red Bull Racing Formula One team. He is due to join McLaren Racing as Sporting Director in 2026. [1]

Career

Courtenay studied at the University of Cambridge, where he graduated in 2002 with a Master of Engineering (MEng) degree.

After graduating, he began his career at TRW Inc., working as a software programmer. His move into motorsport came when he joined Jaguar Racing as a systems engineer. [2]


When Jaguar was purchased and rebranded as Red Bull Racing in 2005, Courtenay transitioned into the team’s strategy department. Over the following years, he became one of Red Bull’s key strategic minds, helping shape the team’s race-day decision-making. In 2010, he was promoted to Head of Strategy, working closely with race engineers and team management during Red Bull’s dominant championship years. [3]

Courtenay later shared race strategy duties with Hannah Schmitz, with the pair alternating between trackside strategy responsibilities and remote support from the team’s operations room at Milton Keynes.

In 2024, it was announced that Courtenay would leave Red Bull Racing to join McLaren Racing as the team’s new Sporting Director. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "MCLAREN ANNOUNCE SIGNING OF WILL COURTENAY FROM RED BULL AS NEW SPORTING DIRECTOR". Formula One.
  2. ↑ "Who is McLaren's new sporting director Will Courtenay? Everything you need to know". F1 Oversteer.
  3. ↑ "Making The Call – Shining A Light On Strategy". Red Bull Racing.
  4. ↑ "Red Bull strategy chief to join Formula One rivals McLaren as sporting director". The Guardian.
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