Tim Goss

Tim Goss (Born 28 February 1963),^[1] is a British motor racing engineer, the current technical director of the McLaren Honda Formula One team.^[2]

Goss graduated from Imperial College London, where he also completed postgraduate studies specialising in ignition of turbocharged engines. Goss then joined Cosworth in 1986.^[1]

Goss joined McLaren in 1990,^[2] becoming the engineer in charge of engine installation design.^[1] He was then appointed assistant race engineer to Mika Häkkinen, and then became chief test team engineer. After working as head of vehicle dynamics, he then worked as chief powertrain engineer, which saw him oversee the introduction of F1's first seamless-shift gearbox in 2005.^[2]

In 2005 he was appointed Chief Engineer for the McLaren MP4-21 and led the engineering design team of the Adrian Newey designed 2006 car.^[1] After a few races it soon became clear that it was not as competitive as its predecessor, the MP4-20, despite an apparent improvement in reliability. McLaren did not win a race all season, for the first time since 1996.

Goss was appointed Director of Engineering in January 2011.^[2] In February 2013, after McLaren confirmed the departure of Paddy Lowe to Mercedes F1 effective for the 2014 season, Goss was appointed Technical Director.^[2]^[3]

References

1 2 3 4 "Tim Goss". GrandPrix.com. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 "Technical Director". McLaren. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
↑ "Lowe set to join Mercedes after McLaren move". ESPN. Retrieved 26 February 2013.

External links

Bio @ McLaren

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McLaren Technology Group: Ron Dennis (25%); TAG Group (25%); Mumtalakat (50%)

Head management: Éric Boullier (Racing Director); Ron Dennis (Group CEO & part owner); Jonathan Neale (Interim CEO)

Current personnel: Tim Goss; Neil Oatley; Peter Prodromou; Andrea Stella

Former personnel: John Barnard; Alastair Caldwell; Gordon Coppuck; Mike Coughlan; Pat Fry; Steve Hallam; Norbert Haug; Robin Herd; Paddy Lowe; Neil Martin; Teddy Mayer; Sam Michael; Gordon Murray; Adrian Newey; Steve Nichols; Jo Ramírez; Nicholas Tombazis; Martin Whitmarsh

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