Eghbal Hamidy

Eghbal Hamidy (born 1 August 1960)^[1] is an Iranian aerodynamic engineer. He was technical director and aerodynamics expert for several Formula 1 (F1) teams in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Career

Hamidy was one of the very few Iranian engineers working in F1. He graduated from Imperial College in London, majoring in aeronautical engineering (undergraduate and post-graduate) and vehicle dynamics for his doctoral program in the late 1980s.

He started his career in the Williams team in 1989 as an aerodynamicist. During his time at Williams he worked with Patrick Head, Enrique Scalabroni and Adrian Newey. He stayed in the team until the end of 1995. His best achievement was when he helped Nigel Mansell (1992), Alain Prost (1993) and Damon Hill (1996) to World Champion titles and the Williams team to constructor's Championship Titles in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996. In 1996 he left for the Stewart GP team.

At Stewart GP, Hamidy served as chief Aerodynamicist working with Alan Jenkins. At that time, he was known as an expert in designing great cars on wet tracks, because every time there was a rainy race condition, Stewart GP's appearance was always stunning. His first car at Stewart GP, SF01, came second in Monaco Grand Prix piloted by Rubens Barrichello.

Even when he left for Arrows in 1999, Hamidy's influence was felt on Stewart. Rubens Barrichello recorded pole in France and Johnny Herbert recorded victory at the Nürburgring.

In the team led by Tom Walkinshaw, Hamidy earned the reputation as an expert in designing fast cars on the low-downforce style circuit. This is evidenced by the speed of Jos Verstappen in the 2000 Austrian Grand Prix, the 2000 Italian Grand Prix, and finally the 2001 Austrian Grand Prix.

He moved to Jordan in early 2001. He helped with the development of Jordan's EJ11 and EJ12. Unfortunately his spell at the Jordan team was not successful and led to his departure in early 2002.^[2][3]

Currently, he owns an engineering consultancy business, named EHE Limited.^[4]

References

External links

• Eghbal Hamidy - Jordan information site

Arrows

Arrows Grand Prix International (1978–1990)

Notable personnel Franco Ambrosio Alan Rees Jackie Oliver Tony Southgate David Wass Notable drivers  ITA Mauro Baldi  Austria Gerhard Berger  BEL Thierry Boutsen  ITA Alex Caffi  USA Eddie Cheever  FRG Christian Danner  GBR Martin Donnelly  GBR Brian Henton  Australia Alan Jones  FRG Jochen Mass  ITA Riccardo Patrese  FRG Bernd Schneider  BRA Chico Serra  ITA Siegfried Stohr   SWI Marc Surer  FRG Rolf Stommelen  New Zealand Mike Thackwell  CAN Jacques Villeneuve Sr.  GBR Derek Warwick  FRG Manfred Winkelhock Cars FA1 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A10B A11 A11B

Japan Footwork Arrows (1991–1996)
Notable personnel Alan Jenkins Wataru Ohashi Jackie Oliver Mark Preston Notable drivers  ITA Michele Alboreto  ITA Alex Caffi  BRA Christian Fittipaldi  JPN Taki Inoue  ITA Gianni Morbidelli  ITA Max Papis  BRA Ricardo Rosset  JPN Aguri Suzuki  Netherlands Jos Verstappen  GBR Derek Warwick Cars A11C FA12 FA12C FA13 FA13B FA14 FA15 FA16 FA17

TWR Arrows (1997–2002)

Notable personnel Nick Chester Mike Coughlan Chris Dyer Eghbal Hamidy Laurent Mekies Steve Nielsen Ossi Oikarinen Nicolò Petrucci Mark Preston Sergio Rinland Rob Taylor Tom Walkinshaw John Walton Notable drivers  BRA Enrique Bernoldi  SPA Pedro de la Rosa  BRA Pedro Diniz  GBR Damon Hill  GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen  FIN Mika Salo  Japan Toranosuke Takagi  Netherlands Jos Verstappen Cars A18 A19 A20 A21 A22 A23