Biography:John Iley
John Iley | |
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| Born | September 29, 1967 |
| Alma mater | Imperial College, London Lanchester Polytechnic |
| Occupation | Director of Iley Design |
| Known for | Formula 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]
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
- ↑ Gregoire, Francois-Michel (April 2006). Who Works in Formula One 2006. p. 205. ISBN 9781901711424. https://books.google.com/books?id=B1ErRfjy4I0C&pg=PA205.
- ↑ Noble, Jonathan. "Caterham F1 team lays off over 40 members of staff in restructure". http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114987.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "McLaren aero man Iley heading to Caterham - Pitpass.com". 26 November 2011. http://www.pitpass.com/45343-McLaren-aero-man-Iley-heading-to-Caterham.
- ↑ Young, Byron (27 November 2011). "McLaren: Lotus blow no big deal for 2012". https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/motorsport/2011/11/27/mclaren-lotus-blow-no-big-deal-for-2012-115875-23592357/.
- ↑ "John Iley, Director". Iley Design. https://www.ileydesign.com/index.php?id=10.
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