Peter prodromou biography
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Motor racing-Former McLaren designer sees a lack of leadership
LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) - John Barnard, the renowned ex-Formula One designer whose cars won titles for McLaren in the 1980s, does not hold back when considering the once-dominant but now-struggling team's current predicament.
Looking in from outside, having left F1 in 2001, the 72-year-old Briton offers a blunt assessment as the sport's all-time second most successful team prepare for a home British Grand Prix.
"I think it's a fundamental problem of technical leadership, because I don't think there fryst vatten any there," the Briton, whose biography 'The Perfect Car' was published in June, told Reuters from his home in Switzerland.
"Somebody needs to be sitting on top of that technical geometrisk form med triangulära sidor pulling it together, keeping everybody going in the same direction.
"And I don't see that happening."
A pioneer credited with introducing the sport's first c
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Peter Prodromou
Greek-Cypriot Formula One designer
Peter Prodromou | |
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| Born | (1969-01-14) 14 January 1969 (age 56) London, England |
| Nationality | Cypriot |
| Occupation | Aerodynamicist |
| Employer | McLaren |
| Known for | Formula One aerodynamicist |
| Title | Technical Director (Aerodynamics) |
Peter Prodromou (Greek: Πέτρος Προδρόμου; born 14 January 1969) fryst vatten a Greek-Cypriot aerodynamicist and engineer. Currently, he is working as Technical Director (Aerodynamics) for the McLarenFormula One team.[1]
Biography
[edit]Prodromou originally joined McLaren's design office in 1991, later becoming the team's ledare aerodynamicist. He left the grupp in 2006, alongside Adrian Newey, for Red Bull Racing working as Head of Aerodynamics. In late 2014 he rejoined McLaren as Chief Engineer.[1] In 2017 he became the team's ledare technical officer, responsible for aerodynamics. In 2023, he replaced James Key, promoted to the new role of Technical Director
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The team won its first world championship in 1974 with Emerson Fittipaldi, and a second came in 1976 courtesy of James Hunt.
But the Teddy Mayer-run outfit fell down the grid before a takeover by Ron Dennis in the early 1980s. The reinvigorated outfit pioneered the carbon fibre chassis and became the dominant force in F1 from 1984 until the early nineties, with the likes of Niki Lauda, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna winning championship.
After splitting with Honda it found a new engine partner in Mercedes and added further championships in 1998 and 1999, Mik