Jock Clear

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Jock Clear
Clear in 2016
Personal information
Born (1963-09-12) 12 September 1963 (age 60)
Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Sport
SportFormula One
TeamScuderia Ferrari

Jock Clear (born 12 September 1963)

1994
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Early life

Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire,[3] Clear attended The Portsmouth Grammar School[4] and graduated in 1987 with a degree in mechanical engineering from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.[5]

Jock Clear with British American Racing at the 2004 US Grand Prix

While a student at Heriot-Watt, Clear was stand-off for the University's 1st XV rugby team.

Career

His career in motorsport began at

drivers' championship.[7]

world championship the following year under Clear's guidance. When Villeneuve moved to British American Racing for the 1999 season, his engineer followed suit.[8] The relationship continued until the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix, when Villeneuve walked out on the eve of the race. Takuma Sato took up the vacant seat[9] and drove to sixth position on his racing debut with the team.[10] Clear worked with Sato again in 2004–2005[11] and then with Rubens Barrichello from 2006 to 2009.[1] After the team became Brawn GP in 2009,[12] Barrichello won the European[13] and Italian Grands Prix[14] and finished in third place in the World Championship.[15]

In November 2007, Clear was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering by Heriot-Watt University "in recognition of his outstanding success in applying engineering science in the most demanding and competitive environments and as a role model to young engineers."[16]

In December 2014, it was announced that Clear had been signed by Ferrari, and would move to the team for the

2015 Formula One season.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b F1network.net: Jock Clear. 24 February 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2009
  2. ^ Osten, Phillip van (12 February 2019). "Ferrari shakes up race crews - Clear to oversee Leclerc". F1i.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  3. ^ Absolute Speakers: Jock Clear Archived 22 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 August 2009
  4. ^ OP Club Home > Forthcoming Events > 2008 > Jock Clear speaks to OPs[permanent dead link]. 26 January 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2009
  5. ^ Heriot Watt University: Mechanical Engineering - School of Engineering and Physical Sciences. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2009
  6. ^ People: Jock Clear. GrandPrix.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009
  7. ^ The Official Formula 1 Website: David Coulthard. Retrieved 23 August 2009
  8. ^ Crash.net: Unsung hero - Jock Clear. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 23 August 2009
  9. ^ Kevin Eason. Sato in pole position after Villeneuve walks out on BAR. Times Online. 10 October 2003. Retrieved 23 August 2009
  10. ^ The Official Formula 1 Website: Takuma Sato. Retrieved 23 August 2009
  11. ^ The role of the F1 race engineer. F1 Technical. Retrieved 23 August 2009
  12. ^ Brawn GP. BBC Sport. 2 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009
  13. ^ 'Delighted' Barrichello says: This one's for you, Felipe. Yahoo! Eurosport UK. 23 August 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009
  14. ^ Simon Arron. Italian Grand Prix: Rubens Barrichello wins. Telegraph.co.uk. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009
  15. ^ FIA Formula 1 drivers' world championship. BBC Sport. 1 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009
  16. ^ "Monthly Briefing from Court, Senate, PME and its boards: September/October 2007" (PDF). Heriot-Watt University. 2007. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  17. ^ Ferrari sign engineer Jock Clear from Mercedes to complete F1 revamp. The Guardian. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014
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