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Mike Elliott is a British Formula One aerodynamicist. He is currently the technical director at the Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport Formula One team.[1]

Mike Elliott
Born	(1974-06-04) 4 June 1974 (age 48) St Austell, England
Nationality	British
Citizenship	British
Education	Aeronautical Engineering
Alma mater	Imperial College London
Occupation	Formula 1 Technical Director, Aerodynamicist
Years active	2000-present
Employer	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport
Known for	Formula One aerodynamicist
Title	Technical director

Biography

Elliott started his career in motorsport in 2000 as an aerodynamicist for McLaren. In 2003, he then became a trackside aerodynamicist before progressing on to being the team leader for aerodynamic performance at McLaren in 2006. In 2008, he moved to the Renault F1 team to become the principle aerodynamicist,[2] he stayed with the Enstone team until 2012 when he moved to Mercedes to become the head of aerodynamics.[3] In 2017 he replaced Geoff Willis as technology director at Mercedes.[4] In 2021 he succeeded James Allison as technical director at the team.[5]

Career timeline

• Aerodynamicist – McLaren (2000-2003)
• Trackside aerodynamicist – McLaren (2003-2006)
• Team Leader aerodynamic performance – McLaren (2006-2008)
• Principle aerodynamicist – Renault F1 (2008-2011)
• Principle aerodynamicist – Lotus F1 (2012)
• Head of aerodynamics – Mercedes F1 (2012-2017)
• Technology director – Mercedes F1 (2017-2021)
• Technical director – Mercedes F1 (2021-)

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