Jock Clear

Jock Clear
	Clear in 2016
Personal information
Born	12 September 1963 (age 60); Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Sport
Sport	Formula One
Team	Scuderia Ferrari

Jock Clear (born 12 September 1963)^[1] is an English senior performance engineer working for Scuderia Ferrari, where he is currently the driver coach for Charles Leclerc,^[2] alongside Calum MacDonald for Carlos Sainz Jr. Before moving to Ferrari, he worked at Mercedes, where he was the performance engineer for Lewis Hamilton (2013–14) and Michael Schumacher (2011–12). He was also the race engineer for Nico Rosberg (2010–2011), Rubens Barrichello (2006–2009), Takuma Sato (2003–2005), Jacques Villeneuve (1996–2003), David Coulthard (1995) and Johnny Herbert (1994).

Early life

Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire,^[3] Clear attended The Portsmouth Grammar School^[4] and graduated in 1987 with a degree in mechanical engineering from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.^[5]

While a student at Heriot-Watt, Clear was stand-off for the University's 1st XV rugby team.

Career

His career in motorsport began at Lola Cars, where he worked as a design engineer before moving to the position of head of composite design at Benetton Formula in 1989. In 1992 he worked as senior designer at Leyton House Racing, then joined Team Lotus where he became Johnny Herbert's race engineer in 1994. When Lotus collapsed at the end of the year, he transferred to Williams F1 and engineered David Coulthard,^[6] who won his first Grand Prix in Portugal and finished third in the drivers' championship.^[7]

Jacques Villeneuve joined Williams in 1996 and Clear was his race engineer; the Canadian won the world championship the following year under Clear's guidance. When Villeneuve moved to British American Racing for the 1999 season, his engineer followed suit.^[8] The relationship continued until the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix, when Villeneuve walked out on the eve of the race. Takuma Sato took up the vacant seat^[9] and drove to sixth position on his racing debut with the team.^[10] Clear worked with Sato again in 2004–2005^[11] and then with Rubens Barrichello from 2006 to 2009.^[1] After the team became Brawn GP in 2009,^[12] Barrichello won the European^[13] and Italian Grands Prix^[14] and finished in third place in the World Championship.^[15]

In November 2007, Clear was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering by Heriot-Watt University "in recognition of his outstanding success in applying engineering science in the most demanding and competitive environments and as a role model to young engineers."^[16]

In December 2014, it was announced that Clear had been signed by Ferrari, and would move to the team for the 2015 Formula One season.^[17]

References

^ ^a ^b F1network.net: Jock Clear. 24 February 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2009
^ Osten, Phillip van (12 February 2019). "Ferrari shakes up race crews - Clear to oversee Leclerc". F1i.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ Absolute Speakers: Jock Clear Archived 22 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 August 2009
^ OP Club Home > Forthcoming Events > 2008 > Jock Clear speaks to OPs^{[permanent dead link]}. 26 January 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2009
^ Heriot Watt University: Mechanical Engineering - School of Engineering and Physical Sciences. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2009
^ People: Jock Clear. GrandPrix.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009
^ The Official Formula 1 Website: David Coulthard. Retrieved 23 August 2009
^ Crash.net: Unsung hero - Jock Clear. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 23 August 2009
^ Kevin Eason. Sato in pole position after Villeneuve walks out on BAR. Times Online. 10 October 2003. Retrieved 23 August 2009
^ The Official Formula 1 Website: Takuma Sato. Retrieved 23 August 2009
^ The role of the F1 race engineer. F1 Technical. Retrieved 23 August 2009
^ Brawn GP. BBC Sport. 2 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009
^ 'Delighted' Barrichello says: This one's for you, Felipe. Yahoo! Eurosport UK. 23 August 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009
^ Simon Arron. Italian Grand Prix: Rubens Barrichello wins. Telegraph.co.uk. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009
^ FIA Formula 1 drivers' world championship. BBC Sport. 1 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009
^ "Monthly Briefing from Court, Senate, PME and its boards: September/October 2007" (PDF). Heriot-Watt University. 2007. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ Ferrari sign engineer Jock Clear from Mercedes to complete F1 revamp. The Guardian. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014

Leyton House Racing

Founder: Akira Akagi

Drivers: Ivan Capelli; Maurício Gugelmin; Karl Wendlinger

Formula One cars: CG901; CG911

Team Lotus

[network-1] F1network.net: Jock Clear. 24 February 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2009

[2] Osten, Phillip van (12 February 2019). "Ferrari shakes up race crews - Clear to oversee Leclerc". F1i.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[3] Absolute Speakers: Jock Clear Archived 22 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 August 2009

[4] OP Club Home > Forthcoming Events > 2008 > Jock Clear speaks to OPs^{[permanent dead link]}. 26 January 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2009

[5] Heriot Watt University: Mechanical Engineering - School of Engineering and Physical Sciences. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2009

[6] People: Jock Clear. GrandPrix.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009

[7] The Official Formula 1 Website: David Coulthard. Retrieved 23 August 2009

[8] Crash.net: Unsung hero - Jock Clear. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 23 August 2009

[9] Kevin Eason. Sato in pole position after Villeneuve walks out on BAR. Times Online. 10 October 2003. Retrieved 23 August 2009

[10] The Official Formula 1 Website: Takuma Sato. Retrieved 23 August 2009

[11] The role of the F1 race engineer. F1 Technical. Retrieved 23 August 2009

[12] Brawn GP. BBC Sport. 2 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009

[13] 'Delighted' Barrichello says: This one's for you, Felipe. Yahoo! Eurosport UK. 23 August 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009

[14] Simon Arron. Italian Grand Prix: Rubens Barrichello wins. Telegraph.co.uk. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009

[15] FIA Formula 1 drivers' world championship. BBC Sport. 1 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009

[16] "Monthly Briefing from Court, Senate, PME and its boards: September/October 2007" (PDF). Heriot-Watt University. 2007. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[17] Ferrari sign engineer Jock Clear from Mercedes to complete F1 revamp. The Guardian. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014

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Personnel
Founder	Colin Chapman
Notable personnel	Frank Coppuck Frank Dernie Gérard Ducarouge Maurice Philippe Peter Warr Peter Wright Len Terry

Drivers
Notable drivers	Mario Andretti Elio de Angelis Jim Clark Martin Donnelly Emerson Fittipaldi Mika Häkkinen Johnny Herbert Graham Hill Jacky Ickx Nigel Mansell Satoru Nakajima Gunnar Nilsson Ronnie Peterson Nelson Piquet Carlos Reutemann Jochen Rindt Ayrton Senna John Surtees Derek Warwick Alex Zanardi
World Champions	Mario Andretti Jim Clark Emerson Fittipaldi Graham Hill Jochen Rindt

Cars
Formula One cars	12 16 18 21 24 25 33 43 49 56B 63 72 76 77 78 79 80 81 86 87 88 91 92 93T 94T 95T 97T 98T 99T 100T 101 102 107 109 112
Formula Two cars	12 16 18 32 35 41 44 48 59 69
Formula Three cars	22 31 35 41 55 59 69
Formula Junior cars	18 20 22 27
Formula Ford cars	51 59 61 69
Formula 5000 cars	68 70
Tasman Series cars	32 39 67
Indianapolis 500 cars	29 34 38 42 56 64 96T
Sports racing cars	15 17 19 23 30 40 47 53

Formula One titles
Drivers' titles	1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1978
Constructors' titles	1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1973 1978

Drivers
Race drivers	16. Charles Leclerc 55. Carlos Sainz Jr.
Test and reserve drivers	99. Antonio Giovinazzi (reserve) Robert Shwartzman (test)
Ferrari Driver Academy	Arthur Leclerc Dino Beganovic James Wharton Maya Weug Oliver Bearman Rafael Câmara Laura Camps Torras David Tonizza Brendon Leigh Giovanni de Salvo
F1 world champions	Alberto Ascari Juan Manuel Fangio Mike Hawthorn Phil Hill John Surtees Niki Lauda Jody Scheckter Michael Schumacher Kimi Räikkönen
F1 race winners	José Froilán González Alberto Ascari Piero Taruffi Mike Hawthorn Giuseppe Farina Maurice Trintignant Juan Manuel Fangio Luigi Musso Peter Collins Tony Brooks Phil Hill Wolfgang von Trips Giancarlo Baghetti John Surtees Lorenzo Bandini Ludovico Scarfiotti Jacky Ickx Clay Regazzoni Mario Andretti Niki Lauda Carlos Reutemann Gilles Villeneuve Jody Scheckter Didier Pironi Patrick Tambay René Arnoux Michele Alboreto Gerhard Berger Nigel Mansell Alain Prost Jean Alesi Michael Schumacher Eddie Irvine Rubens Barrichello Felipe Massa Kimi Räikkönen Fernando Alonso Sebastian Vettel Charles Leclerc Carlos Sainz Jr.

Engines
Current	Turbocharged V6 Hybrid (2014–present)
Past	L4 (1952–1956) V6 (1958–1966) Turbocharged V6 (1981–1988) V8 (1956–1958, 1964–1965, 2006–2013) V10 (1996–2005) V12 (1950–1951, 1964–1980, 1989–1995)