Tim Goss (born 28 February 1963),^[1] is a British motor racing engineer, and former technical director of the McLaren Formula One team.^[2]

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Tim Goss
Born	(1963-02-28) 28 February 1963 (age 61)
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Imperial College London
Occupation(s)	motor racing engineer FIA (Single-Seater Technical Director)

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Goss graduated from Imperial College London, where he also completed postgraduate studies specialising in ignition of turbocharged engines. Goss then joined Cosworth in 1986.^[1]

Goss joined McLaren in 1990,^[2] becoming the engineer in charge of engine installation design.^[1] He was then appointed assistant race engineer to Mika Häkkinen, and then became chief test team engineer. After working as head of vehicle dynamics, he then worked as chief powertrain engineer – a role in which he oversaw the introduction of the sport's first-ever seamless-shift gearbox in 2005.^[2]

In 2005 he was appointed Chief Engineer for the McLaren MP4-21 and led the engineering design team of the Adrian Newey designed 2006 car.^[1] After a few races it soon became clear that it was not as competitive as its predecessor, the MP4-20, despite an apparent improvement in reliability. McLaren did not win a race all season, for the first time since 1996.

Goss was appointed Director of Engineering in January 2011.^[2] In February 2013, after McLaren confirmed the departure of Paddy Lowe to Mercedes F1 effective for the 2014 season, Goss was appointed Technical Director.^[2][3] He held the position of technical director until 2018 when he was removed from that post and replaced by James Key.

On 18 January 2023, Goss was appointed the FIA Single-Seater Technical Director, replacing Nikolas Tombazis who became Single-Seater Director.^[4]