Tim Goss Explained

Tim Goss
Birth Date:28 February 1963
Nationality: British
Alma Mater:Imperial College London
Occupation:Motor racing engineer

Tim Goss (born 28 February 1963), is a British motor racing engineer, and Chief Technical Officer of the RB Formula One Team.

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, 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.

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. 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]

In January 2024, Goss joined RB Formula One Team as Chief Technical Officer.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tim Goss. GrandPrix.com. 26 February 2013.
  2. Web site: Technical Director . https://web.archive.org/web/20130301033051/http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/page/technicaldirector . 2013-03-01 . 2022-09-18 . McLaren.
  3. Web site: Lowe set to join Mercedes after McLaren move. ESPN. 26 February 2013.
  4. Web site: FIA announce new management structure, with Steve Nielsen joining as Sporting Director. formula1.com. 18 January 2023.
  5. Web site: RB F1 team: Tim Goss, Alan Permane and Guillaume Cattelani join Red Bull's sister team ahead of 2024 season . Sky Sports. 31 July 2024.