Mark Smith (racing engineer)

Mark Smith
Born	(1961-03-09) 9 March 1961 (age 63)
Nationality	British

Mark Smith (born 9 March 1961)

team.

Early life

Smith grew up in

Wolverhampton Polytechnic

, from which he graduated with a first-class honours degree in 1984.

Motorsport career

Having participated in motocross as a youngster, Smith subsequently developed an interest in Formula One. His first job in the motorsport industry was in 1988 at Comtec, the composites wing of March Engineering. From there he joined Reynard Racing Cars in 1989 and started working with Gary Anderson, initially on the 1990 F3000 car.

In 1990, Smith moved to the newly formed

, taking the position of chief designer.

After a brief return to Jordan as it transitioned to new ownership, Smith moved to

in 2011. He left in 2014 as the struggling team restructured its management in what would be its final season.

Smith was appointed technical director of Sauber F1 Team on 13 July 2015 but left the team a few days before the first race of the 2016 season, with Sauber announcing that he was returning to the UK for "family reasons".^[3]

Career timeline

• Chief designer – Jordan Grand Prix (1998–2001).
• Chief designer – Benetton (2001).
• Chief designer – Renault Formula One team (2002–2004).
• Technical director – Jordan Grand Prix (2004–2005).
• Deputy technical director – Red Bull Racing (2005).
• Technical director – Red Bull Racing (2005–2008).
• Design director – Force India Formula One team (2008–2010).
• Technical director – Force India Formula One team (2010–2011).
• Technical director –
  Team Lotus/Caterham
  Formula One team (2011–2014).
• Technical director –
  Sauber
  Formula One team (2015–2016).

References

External links

• Profile at Sauber F1 Team website