Geoffrey "Geoff" Willis (born December 23, 1959) is Technical Director of the BARFormula One team. December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... British American Racing (BAR) is a Formula One constructor that entered the sport in 1999. ... Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel formula auto racing. ...
Prior to joining BAR Willis was employed as chief aerodynamicist by the Williams Formula One team and also worked as a consultant at the Leyton House team in the early 1990s. While at Leyton House Willis met Adrian Newey and it was through this association that he joined Williams after Newey was recruited by the British team. When Newey moved to rival McLaren in 1996 Willis was promoted, alongside Gavin Fisher, to take his role. Willis joined BAR in 2001. Aerodynamics is a branch of fluid dynamics concerned with the study of gas flows, first analysed by George Cayley in the 1800s. ... Ralf Schumacher driving for the WilliamsF1 team at the 2003 United States Grand Prix WilliamsF1, formerly Williams Grand Prix Engineering, is a Formula One racing team formed and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head. ... Leyton House was a Formula One constructor in 1990 and 1991. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... Adrian Newey has been Technical Director for the McLaren team since 1997. ... Ralf Schumacher driving for the WilliamsF1 team at the 2003 United States Grand Prix WilliamsF1, formerly Williams Grand Prix Engineering, is a Formula One racing team formed and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head. ... McLaren, founded in 1963 by Bruce McLaren (1937–1970), is a racing team based in Woking, England, which is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in the Indianapolis 500, Canadian-American Challenge Cup, and 24 Hours of Le Mans. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey Dr. Dre 2001 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
At the end of 2001 the board of directors decided that Pollock had to be replaced and so took on David Richards to run the team.
He completely revamped the technical staff under new technical director GeoffWillis and convinced Honda to drop its supply of engines to Jordan and the team had high hopes for 2003 when it had Jacques Villeneuve and Jenson Button.
At the end of the year Villeneuve was replaced by Takuma Sato and the team switched to Michelin tyres and in 2004 Button and Sato were competitive but failed to win a race.
It is hard to find-though not impossible, thanks to the Internet-but an essential artifact, predicting with imaginatively detailed illustrations what space travel would be like.
Looping the Loop: Posters of Flight by Henry Serano Villard and Willis M. Allen Jr.
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