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'''Gordon Coppuck''' (born 8 December 1936 in [[Fleet, Hampshire]])<ref name=oldracingcars>{{cite web|title= Team Bosses: Gordon Coppuck |url= http://www.oldracingcars.com/teamboss/Gordon_Coppuck |work= OldRacingCars.com |accessdate= 2010-05-27}}</ref> is a [[United Kingdom|British]] racing car designer who was chief designer for [[McLaren]] and later worked for [[March Engineering|March]] and co-founded [[Spirit Racing|Spirit]]. |
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Born in December 1936, he attended [[Queen_Mary's_School_for_Boys,_Basingstoke|Queen Mary's School for Boys]] before becoming an apprentice at the [[National Gas Turbine Establishment]] (NGTE).<ref>{{cite book |first=Doug |last=Nye |authorlink=Doug Nye |title=McLaren: The Grand Prix, Can-Am and Indy Cars |publisher=Guild Publishing |year=1988 |origyear=1984 |edition=New |page=54 |isbn=0-905138-54-6}}</ref> In 1965 he followed his ex NGTE colleague [[Robin Herd]] to McLaren, working as his assistant.<ref name=Grandprix>{{cite web |url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/cref-copgor.html |title=PEOPLE: GORDON COPPUCK |work=grandprix.com |accessdate=2010-05-17}}</ref> |
Born in December 1936, he attended [[Queen_Mary's_School_for_Boys,_Basingstoke|Queen Mary's School for Boys]] before becoming an apprentice at the [[National Gas Turbine Establishment]] (NGTE).<ref>{{cite book |first=Doug |last=Nye |authorlink=Doug Nye |title=McLaren: The Grand Prix, Can-Am and Indy Cars |publisher=Guild Publishing |year=1988 |origyear=1984 |edition=New |page=54 |isbn=0-905138-54-6}}</ref> In 1965 he followed his ex NGTE colleague [[Robin Herd]] to McLaren, working as his assistant.<ref name=Grandprix>{{cite web |url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/cref-copgor.html |title=PEOPLE: GORDON COPPUCK |work=grandprix.com |accessdate=2010-05-17}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:27, 28 March 2013
Gordon Coppuck (born 8 December 1936 in Fleet, Hampshire)[1] is a British racing car designer who was chief designer for McLaren and later worked for March and co-founded Spirit.
Born in December 1936, he attended Queen Mary's School for Boys before becoming an apprentice at the National Gas Turbine Establishment (NGTE).[2] In 1965 he followed his ex NGTE colleague Robin Herd to McLaren, working as his assistant.[3] In 1971 he became chief designer at McLaren, responsible for various models including the Indianapolis 500 M16 and world championship winning M23.[3] When McLaren merged with Ron Dennis's Project Four in 1980, Coppuck departed, rejoining Herd at March.[3] The following year he founded Spirit with March's Formula Two team manager John Wickham.[3] Sprit raced in Formula Two and then Formula One before Coppuck returned to March.[3][4] Coppuck's son Frank Coppuck is also a racing car designer.[3]
References
- ^ "Team Bosses: Gordon Coppuck". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
- ^ Nye, Doug (1988) [1984]. McLaren: The Grand Prix, Can-Am and Indy Cars (New ed.). Guild Publishing. p. 54. ISBN 0-905138-54-6.
- ^ a b c d e f "PEOPLE: GORDON COPPUCK". grandprix.com. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
- ^ "CONSTRUCTORS: SPIRIT RACING". grandprix.com. Retrieved 2010-05-17.