Mark Williams

Career Williams attended Imperial College London, where he studied mechanical engineering and graduated in 1980 with a master's degree. His first job in Formula One was as a composite engineer for the Ensign Racing.

In 1982, he became a design engineer for engine components at the engineering technology firm Ricardo Consulting. In his spare time, he worked on freelancing race car design and engineering at Delta Cars, based near Hove. In 1987, he was responsible as a race engineer for Luis Perez-Sala in the Lola Motorsport F3000 car. Later, in 1994, he worked as a race technician for Forsythe Green Racing in Championship Auto Racing Teams. At the end of 1997, he moved to the McLaren F1 Team and was in charge of the technical team for many years. In 2001, he was appointed as Chief Engineer of Vehicle Development, overseeing research and development. A highlight of his track role was the car driven by Mika Hakkinen, who served until his last F1 win at Indianapolis in 2001. Since 2011, he has successfully combined his F1 responsibilities to establish McLaren's growing GT3 sports car program.