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Jody Egginton: a journey to AlphaTauri tech boss

Jody Egginton: a journey to AlphaTauri tech boss

F1 Beyond The Grid vor 4 Jahren

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Before he started, as he puts it, ‘playing with racing cars’,
Jody Egginton trained as a schoolteacher. His love of motorsport
led him to Formula 1, and he worked his way up from Tyrell during
the early years of computer-aided design (CAD) to Technical
Director at AlphaTauri today. Along the way he helped Force India
achieve a stunning result in 2009, fought to keep the brand-new
Caterham team afloat in the 2010s and worked with Max Verstappen
and Carlos Sainz at the very start of their F1 careers. He’s now
driving AlphaTauri’s car development, pushing a team of engineers
flat out to give Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda a car which can
challenge for 5th in the F1 Constructors’ Championship. Jody
tells Tom Clarkson about his approach to learning, communication,
problem-solving and leadership, and shares advice for aspiring F1
engineers.

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