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Pat Symonds

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Patrick Bruce Reith Symonds (born 11 June 1953) is a British motor racing engineer, who is currently the executive engineering consultant for the Andretti Cadillac F1 program. He was the Chief Technical Officer at Williams Grand Prix Engineering from 2013 until 2016, having previously worked at the Benetton, Renault and Virgin Formula One teams. Until May 2024 he was the Chief Technical Officer of Formula One. In September 2009, Symonds was forced to resign from the ING Renault F1 team due to his involvement in race fixing at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pat Symonds is the 345th most popular engineer (down from 292nd in 2019), the 5,222nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,688th in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Pat Symonds ranks 345 out of 389Before him are Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, T. Keith Glennan, Julius Kühn, R. J. Mitchell, Harry Ricardo, and Anatoly Blagonravov. After him are Tommy Flowers, Chuck Peddle, Pavel Pavel, Willy Rampf, Bob Bell, and Mehdi Jomaa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Pat Symonds ranks 502Before him are Valero Rivera López, Basanti Bisht, Ilkka Hanski, Mokhtar Naili, Ken Burns, and Don Dokken. After him are Paul Mariner, Mayumi Aoki, Christine Ebersole, Carol Thatcher, Lawrence Venuti, and Vangelis Meimarakis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Pat Symonds ranks 5,224 out of 8,785Before him are Graham Poll (1963), Nancy Mackay (1922), Richey Edwards (1967), Prideaux John Selby (1788), J. J. C. Smart (1920), and Lionel Jeffries (1926). After him are Jesse Lingard (1992), Laura Knight (1877), Adela Pankhurst (1885), Paul Mariner (1953), James Wilson (1891), and Keith Levene (1957).

Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Pat Symonds ranks 40Before him are Ove Arup (1895), Jesse Ramsden (1735), Isaac Roberts (1829), Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893), R. J. Mitchell (1895), and Harry Ricardo (1885). After him are Tommy Flowers (1905), Bob Bell (1958), John Lombe (1693), Kevin Warwick (1954), Tom Kilburn (1921), and Pat Fry (1964).