Formula 1

WILLIAMS IS TAKING ENGINEERS FROM RED BULL AND RENAULT

Published

3 years ago

29/01/2020

Williams announced the arrival of David Warner as chief designer and Jonathan Carter as assistant chief designer.

Williams is taking engineers from Red bull and Renault. They actually work for Red Bull and Renault. Williams had not announced a major change in its technical department since Paddy Lowe left his post of chief technical officer, almost a year ago. The English team has announced the arrival of David Warner, a Red Bull engineer, and Jonathan Carter, who currently works for Renault.

Warner will become chief designer and Carter will be assistant chief designer. They will be joining the team, but the date is yet to be known, due to non-compete clauses with their current teams.

DAVID WARNER

David Warner is now responsible for the synergies between Red Bull and Toro Rosso. He landed in F1 in 1997, at Arrows, where he worked as a design engineer. He joined Jaguar in 2003 as an engineer in charge of suspension design.

He stayed on the team when it became Red Bull. He became responsible for suspensions and their control system in 2007. He’s worked as deputy chief designer since 2014. Before working in F1, he spent 18 years at Rolls Royce Aero.

JONATHAN CARTER

Jonathan Carter is currently responsible for composite designs at Renault. He also made his F1 debut at Arrows in 1996 as a car design engineer. He joined McLaren in 2002 and was the composite manager before becoming responsible for the monohull. He then held positions as main integration engineer, then assistant design manager.

He joined Renault in 2015. Carter began his motorsport career in 1979 at Reynard Racing Cars. ADAM CARTER IS CHANGING POSITIONS .Williams otherwise announced that Adam Carter is taking up the position of chief engineer. He will be responsible for the integration and coordination of the engineers’ activities. With the arrival of two engineers who have more than 40 years of experience, including more than 20 years in F1, we know that Williams is aiming to strengthen its technical department.

“Dave and Jonathan bring enormous experience, knowledge and skills to the Williams team, and we are delighted that they have chosen to join us.” announced Claire Williams the assistant manager of the team. “They will strengthen our design capabilities and work closely with Adam Carter, our Chief Engineer, and the other senior members of the Engineering team on the design and development of the next generation of Williams F1 cars.”