Paddy Lowe

Paddy Lowe (born April 8 1962) is the Engineering Director of the McLaren Formula One racing team.

Career

In 1984, Lowe graduated from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University in 1984 with a degree in engineering. In 1987 he was employed by Williams F1 as Joint Head of Electronics. His move to McLaren occurred in 1993 when he was employed as Head of Research and Development, a department subsequently renamed "Vehicle Technology". He was head of the department for eight years until, in 2001, he was appointed Chief Engineer Systems Development, a role focusing on the race programme for the McLaren MP4-20. In May 2005 he assumed the role of Engineering Director, which gives him responsibility for all the engineering departments. [cite website | url =http://www.mclaren.com/theteam/technical.php | title ="Vodafone McLaren Mercedes-Technical Team" | publisher =mclaren.com | accessdate=2008-02-15]

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