Harvey Postlethwaite

Harvey Postlethwaite (born March 4, 1944 in England , † April 15, 1999 in Barcelona ) was a British constructor and designer of Formula 1 cars and technical director of several Formula 1 teams.

Life

Postlethwaite studied mechanical engineering in Birmingham . After receiving his doctorate , he soon began to turn to automobile racing. He worked for Hesketh Racing , Walter Wolf Racing , Ferrari , Tyrrell and Sauber , among others .

Many famous racing cars and other technical innovations come from him, such as the first front wing construction, which was trend-setting for many other vehicles. In 1990 , the Tyrrell 019, the first Formula 1 vehicle with a nose that was arranged above the front wing, appeared. Most Formula 1 vehicles still drive this variant, which was developed by Postlethwaite in collaboration with the French aerodynamicist Jean-Claude Migeot . For several decades, Postlethwaite was one of the best and most influential engineers in Formula 1. After Tyrrell was taken over by British American Tobacco , Postlethwaite switched to Honda , where he drove his own, ultimately abandoned Formula 1 program .

He died of heart failure in 1999 while testing the Honda team in Spain.