Tim Goss
Born (1963-02-28) 28 February 1963
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Alma materImperial College London
Occupation(s)motor racing engineer
FIA (Single-Seater Technical Director)

Tim Goss (born 28 February 1963),[1] is a British motor racing engineer, and former technical director of the McLaren Formula One team.[2]

Career

Goss graduated from Imperial College London, where he also completed postgraduate studies specialising in ignition of turbocharged engines. Goss then joined Cosworth in 1986.[1]

Goss joined McLaren in 1990,[2] becoming the engineer in charge of engine installation design.[1] He was then appointed assistant race engineer to Mika Häkkinen, and then became chief test team engineer. After working as head of vehicle dynamics, he then worked as chief powertrain engineer – a role in which he oversaw the introduction of the sport’s first-ever seamless-shift gearbox in 2005.[2]

In 2005 he was appointed Chief Engineer for the McLaren MP4-21 and led the engineering design team of the Adrian Newey designed 2006 car.[1] After a few races it soon became clear that it was not as competitive as its predecessor, the MP4-20, despite an apparent improvement in reliability. McLaren did not win a race all season, for the first time since 1996.

Goss was appointed Director of Engineering in January 2011.[2] In February 2013, after McLaren confirmed the departure of Paddy Lowe to Mercedes F1 effective for the 2014 season, Goss was appointed Technical Director.[2][3] He held the position of technical director until 2018 when he was removed from that post and replaced by James Key.

On 18 January 2023, Goss was appointed the FIA Single-Seater Technical Director, replacing Nikolas Tombazis who became Single-Seater Director.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Tim Goss". GrandPrix.com. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Technical Director". McLaren. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Lowe set to join Mercedes after McLaren move". ESPN. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "FIA announce new management structure, with Steve Nielsen joining as Sporting Director". formula1.com. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
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