John Barnard

John Edward Barnard, RDI (born 4 May 1946, Wembley, London) is an English engineer and racing car designer. Barnard is credited with the introduction of two new designs into Formula One: the carbon fibre composite chassis first seen in 1981 with McLaren, and the semi-automatic gearbox which he introduced with Ferrari in 1989.

This article is about the racecar designer. For other people of the same name, see John Barnard (disambiguation).

John Barnard
Born
John Edward Barnard

(1946-05-04) 4 May 1946
London, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Race car designer, Formula One aerodynamicist, engineer and former technical director.
Known forIntroducing the first semi-automatic gearbox, the first carbon fibre composite chassis and the "coke bottle" shape of the rear bodywork.
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