SIMON LACEY

Head of Aerodynamics, McLaren Racing

Simon Lacey born 9th June 1971, graduated with a 1st class honours degree in engineering from Cambridge University. In 1995 Simon accepted a job at the Williams Formula 1 team as an aerodynamicist. He remained with Williams until 1998 before moving to the BAR Honda Formula 1 team as Joint Head of Aerodynamics, whilst the team was still in its infancy. Simon joined McLaren Racing in November 2006 as Head of Aerodynamics and is responsible for the technical focus of the aerodynamics department, delivering as much aerodynamic performance as quickly as possible to the race cars.