Hugh Bird
NationalityBritish
OccupationRace engineer
EmployerRed Bull Racing
Known forFormula One engineer
TitleRace engineer

Hugh Bird is a British Formula One engineer. He is currently the race engineer for Sergio Pérez at the Red Bull Racing Formula One team.[1]

Career

After graduating from Cambridge University, Bird started his career in motorsport in 2012 as a simulation and analysis engineer for Red Bull Racing.[2] He then became a simulation performance engineer from 2015 to 2017. For the 2018 Formula One World Championship he was appointed as Max Verstappen's performance engineer in a spell where the Dutchman scored seven victories and several podium finishes.[3] He was appointed as Sergio Perez's senior race engineer for the 2021 Formula One World Championship, coaching the Mexican to one victory and fourth place in the Drivers' Championship.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Who is Hugh Bird, the engineer who would have hurt Checo Pérez at Red Bull". infobae.
  2. ^ "Hugh Bird". Linkedin.
  3. ^ "WATCH: How Red Bull F1 Mechanics Saved Max Verstappen's Race in Hungary". essentially sports. 16 January 2021.
  4. ^ "IS PEREZ'S F1 SLUMP OVER AT THE PERFECT TIME FOR RED BULL?". therace.com. 15 October 2021.
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