Bob Bell (born 10 April 1958 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is the current technical director and acting team principal of the Renault Formula One team.
Bell attended Queen's University in Belfast gaining a doctorate in Aeronautical Engineering.[1] before joining McLaren in 1982 and worked as the company aerodynamicist until 1988, when he was promoted to Head of Research and Development for the next two years.[2] In 1997, Bell moved to the Benetton Formula team.[3]
He worked as the Senior Aerodynamicist at Benetton until 1999, when he went to the Jordan Grand Prix team joining them as the Head of Vehicle Technology. In 2001, Bell was appointed the Deputy Technical Director at Renault F1,[4] becoming the Technical Director in 2003 when Mike Gascoyne departed to join the Toyota F1 team.[5][6]
After the resignations of Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds in relation to the Renault Formula One crash controversy, Bell was appointed acting team principal for the rest of 2009, on September 23, 2009.[7]
References
- ^ Saward, Joe (2006-07-12). "Bob Bell - the art of winning". GrandPrix.com. Inside F1, Inc.. http://www.grandprix.com/ft/ft17113.html.
- ^ "Bob Bell moves into the spotlight". GrandPrix.com. Inside F1, Inc.. 2003-10-16. http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns12046.html.
- ^ "People: Bob Bell". GrandPrix.com. Inside F1, Inc.. http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/cref-belbob.html.
- ^ "Renault Sport grabs Bell". GrandPrix.com. Inside F1, Inc.. 2001-10-25. http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns04701.html.
- ^ "Renault confirms Bell". GrandPrix.com. Inside F1, Inc.. 2003-10-15. http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns12042.html.
- ^ "Renault announce Bell as Technical Director". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration Ltd.). 2003-10-15. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2003/10/961.html.
- ^ Noble, Jonathan (2009-09-23). "Bell to be Renault boss for rest of '09". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78807. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
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