Gordon Coppuck

Gordon Coppuck (b. 8 December 1936, Fleet, Hampshire)^[1] is a British racing car designer who was chief designer for McLaren and later worked for March and co-founded Spirit.

Born in December 1936, he attended Queen Mary's School for Boys before becoming an apprentice at the National Gas Turbine Establishment (NGTE).^[2] In 1965 he followed his ex NGTE colleague Robin Herd to McLaren, working as his assistant.^[3] In 1971 he became chief designer at McLaren, responsible for various models including the Indianapolis 500 M16 and world championship winning M23.^[3] When McLaren merged with Ron Dennis's Project Four in 1980, Coppuck departed, rejoining Herd at March.^[3] The following year he founded Spirit with March's Formula Two team manager John Wickham.^[3] Sprit raced in Formula Two and then Formula One before Coppuck returned to March.^[3][4] Coppuck's son Frank Coppuck is also a racing car designer.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Team Bosses: Gordon Coppuck". OldRacingCars.com. http://www.oldracingcars.com/teamboss/Gordon_Coppuck. Retrieved 2010-05-27. 
2. ^ Nye, Doug (1988) [1984]. McLaren: The Grand Prix, Can-Am and Indy Cars (New ed.). Guild Publishing. p. 54. ISBN 0905138546. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "PEOPLE: GORDON COPPUCK". grandprix.com. http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/cref-copgor.html. Retrieved 2010-05-17. 
4. ^ "CONSTRUCTORS: SPIRIT RACING". grandprix.com. http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/con-spiri.html. Retrieved 2010-05-17. 

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