Geoff Ferris (motorsport)

This article is about the racing car designer. For the Northern Ireland Football Manager, see Geoff Ferris.
Geoff Ferris
Born (1936-08-02) 2 August 1936 (age 88)

Geoff Ferris (born 2 August 1936)[1] is a British racing car designer who has designed open-wheel racing cars for Penske Racing (Formula One and CART),[2][3][4] Lotus (Formula One), Rebaque (Formula One) and Brabham (Formula 2, Formula Atlantic/B, Formula 3,[5] and F5000[6]).

He has twice (1980 and 1982) won the Louis Schwitzer Award for innovation and engineering excellence in the field of racing car design.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Geoff Ferris". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Penske's F1 cars". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  3. ^ "1976 Penske PC4 Cosworth - Images, Specifications and Information". Ultimatecarpage.com. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Geoff Ferris, designer of the Penske PC-10 driven by..." UPI. 20 May 1982. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Brabham". www.f3history.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  6. ^ "The strange tale of the F5000 Brabham BT43 - Page 2 - The Nostalgia Forum". The AUTOSPORT Forums. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Award Winners". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Retrieved 16 February 2016.