Jarrod Murphy

Jarrod Murphy
Born	(1973-09-04) 4 September 1973 (age 52) Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citizenship	British
Occupation	Aerodynamicist
Employer	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport
Known for	Formula One aerodynamicist
Title	aerodynamics director

Jarrod Murphy (born 4 September 1973) is a British Formula One aerodynamicist. He is currently the aerodynamics director at the Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport Formula One team. ^[1]

Career

Murphy studied Aeronautical Engineering at Imperial College London, with the intention of working in aerospace. However, whilst studying his degree he discovered that Formula One offered similar engineering challenges, in both aerodynamics and stress analysis. ^[2]

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, staying with the Enstone team as it morphed into the Lotus F1 Team. ^[3] In 2013 he moved to Mercedes to become the chief aerodynamicist before becoming the head of aerodynamics at Mercedes in 2017. ^[4] In July 2021 he was promoted to Aerodynamics Director covering a broader remit and effectively replacing Mike Elliott as technology director 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. "ENGLISH: Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team - 2024 Press Pack". Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team.
3. "F1: Lotus Renault's CFD chief opens his doors". Auto 123.
4. "From Lotus to Mercedes". Joe Bloggs F1. 20 September 2013.