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Jarrod Murphy

Jarrod Murphy

British aerodynamicist

Jarrod Murphy is a British Formula One aerodynamicist. He is currently the aerodynamics director at the Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport Formula One team.[1]

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Biography

Murphy started his career in motorsport as a stress analyst for the Benetton F1 team in 1996. He then moved into CFD (Computer Fluid Dynamics), becoming the head of CFD at Renault in 2006.[2] In 2013 he moved to Mercedes to become the chief aerodynamicist before becoming the head of aerodynamics at Mercedes in 2017.[3] In July 2021 he was promoted to Aerodynamics Director covering a broader remit and effectively replacing Mike Elliott who was promoted to technical director.

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References

  1. [1]
    "How Toto Wolff made Mercedes one of sport's greatest teams". BBC Sport.
  2. [2]
    "F1: Lotus Renault's CFD chief opens his doors". Auto 123.
  3. [3]
    "From Lotus to Mercedes". Joe Bloggs F1. 20 September 2013.
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