Rob Taylor (born 23 April 1959)[1] is a British engineer who is the technical director of the American Formula One team Haas F1 Team.
Career
In 1987, he started working for the engine manufacturer Cosworth as a member of the Ford F1 HB V8 engine development team.[2]
In 1989, he joined Benetton, serving as the suspension design engineer. In 1992 he moved on to Scuderia Ferrari as a designer for suspension and gearbox.
In 1997, he changed teams to Arrows and continued to work with similar duties.[3]
In 2002 he joined Jaguar Racing and remained there even after Austrian energy drink manufacturer Red Bull bought the team in late 2004.[4] Taylor was the chief designer of Red Bull and sister team Toro Rosso’s first F1 cars.[1]
In 2006 he chose to leave Red Bull and became a designer at McLaren,[5] a position he held until 2010. After that he was deputy chief designer at Virgin Racing/Marussia/Manor until 2015 when he was recruited to Haas.[6]
