Jody Egginton’s Journey To F1 Tech Boss | Beyond The Grid | Official F1 Podcast

 

Jody Egginton’s Journey To F1 Tech Boss | Beyond The Grid | Official F1 Podcast

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Before he started, as he puts it, ‘playing with racing cars’, Jody Egginton trained as a schoolteacher. His love of motorsport led him to Formula 1, and he worked his way up from Tyrell during the early years of computer-aided design (CAD) to Technical Director at AlphaTauri today. He’s now driving AlphaTauri’s car development, pushing a team of engineers flat out to give Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda a car which can challenge for 5th in the F1 Constructors’ Championship. 0:00 – Jody Egginton is pushing flat-out
5:48 – Why the wind tunnel is so important
13:18 – How AlphaTauri work with Red Bull
21:01 – How Jody got an F1 job and how to get one today
27:32 – Scoring a stunning pole + learning from Fisichella
33:56 – Why gifted Gasly is great to work with
39:58 – How Jody’s helping Yuki Tsunoda reach his potential
46:42 – Racing for survival at a brand-new F1 team
55:09 – Getting the most out of people at AlphaTauri 1:06:23 – ‘If we’re 6th this year, technically we’ve underdelivered’ For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Follow F1®:

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