MARK WILLIAMS

Head of Vehicle Engineering, McLaren Racing

Mark Williams, born 7th April 1959, started his career in motor racing whilst still studying for his Mechanical Engineering degree at Imperial College, London, when during his college breaks he worked as a fabricator for his local Formula 1 team, Team Ensign. Once graduated he worked as an engine designer for leading engineering technology supplier Ricardo Plc before moving into his first design role in motor racing for LOLA cars. Following a spell of IndyCar Race engineering he joined McLaren Cars in 1996 to run the McLaren F1's Super Touring Car engineering programme moving onto the Formula 1 programme at the end of 1997 as a senior test team engineer. After four years on the test team he became Chief Engineer for Vehicle Dynamics. Mark's current role as Head of Vehicle Engineering sees him responsible for the integration of all aspects of vehicle development within both race and test engineering.