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Neil Oatley is a British car designer and engineer who has worked in the automotive industry for over 40 years. He is best known for his work on the McLaren F1, the world's first production car to use a carbon fibre monocoque chassis. Oatley was born in Camberwell, London, and attended the Royal College of Art in London, where he studied vehicle design. After graduating, he joined the Ford Motor Company in 1977, where he worked on the design of the Ford Escort and the Ford Sierra. In 1989, Oatley joined McLaren Automotive, where he was responsible for the design of the McLaren F1. The F1 was the world's first production car to use a carbon fibre monocoque chassis, and it was also the first production car to use a central driving position. The F1 was a huge success, and it is still considered one of the greatest supercars ever made. Oatley has also worked on the design of the McLaren P1, the McLaren MP4-12C, and the McLaren 650S. He is currently the Design Director at McLaren Automotive. Oatley has been awarded the Royal Designer for Industry award, and he was also inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2018. He is married to his wife, and they have two children.

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Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 12 June 1954
Birthday 12 June
Birthplace Camberwell, London, United Kingdom
Nationality United Kingdom

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2003

Oatley continued to work as chief designer at McLaren until 2003, when he became executive director of engineering.

1988

Oatley joined the McLaren team shortly after leaving FORCE and worked alongside John Barnard in the design office. Barnard was soon replaced by Gordon Murray, whose MP4/4 chassis almost completed a clean sweep of victories in 1988, and, when Murray moved to the new McLaren road car project, Neil Oatley was made chief designer, his cars securing titles in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998 and 1999.

1984

In 1984 Oatley was recruited by Carl Haas to work on the FORCE F1 project, but the results were poor, and the team withdrew from Formula One in 1986.

1976

Born in Britain, Oatley graduated from Loughborough University in 1976 with an automotive engineering degree. He worked briefly outside motor racing before joining the Williams team in 1977. There he became one of many young engineers to have worked alongside Patrick Head early in their careers before moving on to other organisations. Oatley worked as a draughtsman before becoming a race engineer for both Clay Regazzoni and Carlos Reutemann.

1954

Neil Oatley (born 12 June 1954) is design and development director for the McLaren Formula One team.