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Nicholas Tombazis Born 22 April 1968
Athens, GreeceNationality Greek Occupation chief designer at Scuderia Ferrari 2007-Present Known for Formula One car designer at Ferrari and McLaren. Nicholas Tombazis (born April 22, 1968 in Athens, Greece) is the chief designer at Ferrari. He was employed at Ferrari as chief aerodynamicist before leaving to work at McLaren in 2003. He returned to Ferrari on March 1, 2006, to become chief designer.
He has an engineer's degree in Aeronautical engineering from Imperial College London.
He is the son of one of the most important Greek architects, Alexandros Tombazis.
Career
- 1992-1993: Benetton Formula aerodynamicist
- 1993-1995: Benetton Formula chief aerodynamicist
- 1997: Scuderia Ferrari aerodynamicist
- 1998-2003: Scuderia Ferrari chief aerodynamicist
- 2004: McLaren chief aerodynamicist
- 2005: McLaren project chief director
- 2006-current: Scuderia Ferrari chief designer
External links
- Official formula1.com information about Nicholas Tombazis
- FerrariWorld Interview
- Grandprix.com information about Nicholas Tombazis
McLaren
Founder: Bruce McLaren
McLaren Group: Ron Dennis (15%) | TAG Group (15%) | Mumtalakat (30%) | Daimler AG (11%)
Current personnel: Martin Whitmarsh | Paddy Lowe | Neil Oatley
Former personnel: John Barnard | Gordon Coppuck | Pat Fry | Norbert Haug | Robin Herd | Neil Martin | Teddy Mayer | Gordon Murray | Adrian Newey | Steve Nichols | Jo Ramirez | Nicholas Tombazis
Race drivers: 3.Lewis Hamilton | 4.
Jenson Button
Test drivers:
Gary Paffett |
Pedro de la Rosa
World Champions:Emerson Fittipaldi |
Lewis Hamilton |
James Hunt |
Mika Häkkinen |
Niki Lauda |
Alain Prost |
Ayrton Senna
Cars
Formula One: M2B | M4B | M5A | M7A | M7B | M7C | M7D | M9A | M14A | M14D | M19A | M19C | M23 | M26 | M28 | M29 | M29F | M30 | MP4 (MP4/1) | MP4B (MP4/1B) | MP4/1C | MP4/1E | MP4/2 | MP4/2B | MP4/2C | MP4/3 | MP4/4 | MP4/5 | MP4/5B | MP4/6 | MP4/6B | MP4/7A | MP4/8 | MP4/9 | MP4/10 | MP4/10B | MP4/10C | MP4/11 | MP4/11B | MP4/12 | MP4/13 | MP4/14 | MP4/15 | MP4-16 | MP4-17 | MP4-17D | MP4-18 | MP4-19 | MP4-19B | MP4-20 | MP4-21 | MP4-22 | MP4-23 | MP4-24 | MP4-25 | MP4-26
Formula Two: M4A | M21
Sports cars: Zerex Special | M1A | M1B | M1C | M6A | M6B | M6GT | M8A | M8B | M8C | M8D | M8E | M8F | M8FP | M12 | M20 | F1 GTR
USAC/IndyCar: M15 | M16A | M16B | M16C | M16C/D | M16E | M24
F5000/Libre: M3 | M10A | M10B | M18 | M22 | M25
Development cars: M2A
Road cars: F1 | F1 LM | SLR (for Mercedes-Benz) | MP4-12C | 799
Engines: M838TBenetton Formula
Founder: Luciano Benetton
Personnel: Flavio Briatore | John Barnard | Rocco Benetton | Ross Brawn | Mike Gascoyne | Nigel Stepney | Pat Symonds | Steve Matchett | David Richards | Peter Collins | Rory Byrne | Nicholas Tombazis | Pat Fry | Nick WirthWorld Champions:
Formula One cars: B186 | B187 | B188 | B189 | B189B | B190 | B190B | B191 | B191B | B192 | B193 | B193B | B194 | B195 | B196 | B197 | B198 | B199 | B200 | B201Michael Schumacher
Categories:- 1968 births
- Living people
- People from Athens
- Ferrari people
- Formula One people
- Aerodynamicists
- Formula One designers
- Greek motorsport people
- Alumni of Imperial College London
- Greek sportspeople stubs
- European auto racing biography stubs
- Formula One people stubs
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