John Iley is a motor racing aerodynamicist, who is currently technical director for the Caterham F1 team.[1]
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.[2]
In 1995 he moved to Formula1 with Jordan Grand Prix as an aerodynamicist,[2] 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,[2] but was placed on gardening leave in late 2011, ahead of his joining with Gascoyne again at Caterham F1 as performance director in 2012.[2][3]
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- ↑ http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114987
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 http://www.pitpass.com/45343-McLaren-aero-man-Iley-heading-to-Caterham
- ↑ http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/motorsport/2011/11/27/mclaren-lotus-blow-no-big-deal-for-2012-115875-23592357/
