In a bid to secure both titles in 2011, McLaren have reshuffled their engineering department, promoting Paddy Lowe to the position of technical director.
Lowe’s move will also see Tim Goss, previously the chief engineer on the MP4-25, become director of engineering.
Neil Oatley will continue in his role of director of design and development and will continue to work closely with Lowe and Goss.
“It’s great for Neil and me to be joined by Tim as another director on the technical side,” said Lowe about the changes. “With the three of us, we’ll not only be able to more efficiently spread our workload, but, through Tim & me, we’ll also share race attendance.
“It’s very important to have senior technical management at the racetrack, because that’s where you score the points, but, equally, if you spend all your time away then you risk overlooking some of the hard work that happens back at the factory.”
The moves come after the departure of Pat Fry to Ferrari last year.
“I used to be jointly responsible for the direction of our cars with Pat Fry,” added Goss. “Now I’ve taken on both roles – but there’s obviously been some shifting of responsibilities within the team as, clearly, I can’t do the work of two people.
“As director of engineering, my role will be to co-ordinate a small team of project engineers who are responsible for the specification, design and development of our cars.”
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