Formula One: Team Lotus adds McLaren's John Iley as performance director

Formula One's Team Lotus on Thursday appointed John Iley as its performance director. Iley leaves McLaren, where he was head of aerodynamics, to join the team and head its departments that work on aerodynamics, computational fluid dynamics and other related activities.

"We are absolutely delighted that John has taken up the challenge to help take us to the next level on- and off-track in one of the key areas of performance in Formula One," Caterham Group CEO Riad Asmat said in a team statement. "It is a real sign of our growth and development as a serious contender for long-term honors that we can attract someone of John's caliber, and we are all very excited about the contribution he will make to our future success from the moment he starts work with our team."

Iley is a graduate of Imperial College in London. He made his start in motor racing with Brun Technics, a British design office working for the Eurobrun F1 team, and worked on the design of the Brun-Judd C91 sports car during 1990. Early in 1991, he was hired to be the aerodynamicist on the Allard J2X sports car. Iley joined Jordan Grand Prix in 1995 as an aerodynamicist. By 1998, Mike Gascoyne, Team Lotus's chief technical director, had also joined Jordan and promoted Iley to chief aerodynamicist, where they worked together on the team's most successful F1 chassis. The duo moved to Renault F1 in 2002. From there, Iley moved to Ferrari and finally McLaren before making the move to Team Lotus, which will be known as Caterham F1 Team for 2012.

"John greatly contributed to the aerodynamic capability at Vodafone McLaren Mercedes but has taken the decision to accept an offer from Caterham F1 team for 2012 and beyond," McLaren-Mercedes team principal Martin Whitmarsh said. "We enjoyed working with John and wish him well for the future."
source: www.autoweek.com

2011 FIA Formula One World Championship Race Calendar

01  FORMULA 1 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX (Sakhir) * 11 - 13 Mar 02  FORMULA 1 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne) * 24 - 27 Mar 03  FORMULA 1 MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur) * 08 - 10 Apr 04  FORMULA 1 CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai) * 15 - 17Apr 05  FORMULA 1 TURKISH GRAND PRIX (Istanbul)* 15 - 17Apr 06  FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPANA  (Catalunya) * 20 - 22 May 07  FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO  (Monte Carlo) * 26 - 29 May 08  FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA (Montreal) * 10 - 12 Jun 09  FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE (Valencia) * 24 - 26 Jun 10  FORMULA 1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX (Donington Park) * 08 - 10 Jul 11  FORMULA 1 GERMANY ((Nrburgring)) * 22 - 24 Jul 12  FORMULA 1 HUNGARY  (Budapest) * 29 - 31 Jul 13  FORMULA 1 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Spa-Francorchamps) * 26 - 28 Aug 14  FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA (Monza) * 09 - 11 Sep 15  FORMULA 1 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Singapore) * 23 - 25 Sep 16  FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX (Suzuka) * 07 - 09 Oct 17  FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX (Korea) * 14 - 16 Oct 18  FORMULA 1 INDIA * - Subject to circuit approval 28 - 30 Oct 19  FORMULA 1 ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX (Yas Marina Circuit) * 11 - 13 Nov 19  FORMULA 1 GRANDE PREMIO DO BRASIL (Sao Paulo) * 25 - 27 Nov

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