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John Iley is a motor racing aerodynamicist, most recently at McLaren Racing.
After graduating from Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, while studying at Imperial College, London, he worked on wind tunnel testing and data analysis of a sports prototypes.
Hired by Brun Technics on graduation, he worked on both the EuroBrun F1 team and the 1990 design of the Judd-powered Brun C91 sports car. In 1991 he was hired as aerodynamicist on the Allard J2X sports car, and subsequently worked on Indycar development for Newman-Haas, Lola Cars and Swift Engineering.[1]
In 1995 he moved to Formula1 with Jordan Grand Prix as an aerodynamicist,[1] becoming chief aerodynamicist in 1998. In 2002 he followed Mike Gascoyne to Renault F1, and then joined Ferrari in 2004 as chief aerodynamicist.
After joining McLaren in 2010,[1] he was placed on gardening leave in late 2011, awaiting his joining with Gascoyne again at Caterham F1 in 2012.[1][2]
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