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]
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]