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Harvey Postlethwaite
Postlethwaite in the late 1990s
Born(1944-03-04)4 March 1944
Barnet, England
Died15 April 1999(1999-04-15) (aged 55)
Barcelona, Spain
NationalityBritish
EducationRoyal Masonic School for Boys
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham
Occupation(s)Aerodynamicist, engineer, Technical Director
Known forScuderia Ferrari, Tyrrell, Hesketh, Honda F1 project.
SpouseCherry Postlethwaite
Children2

Harvey Ernest Postlethwaite (4 March 1944 – 15 April 1999) was a British engineer and Technical Director of several Formula One teams during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He died of a heart attack in Spain while supervising the testing of the aborted Honda F1 project.

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turbocharged Formula 1 car, it was designed by Mauro Forghieri and Harvey Postlethwaite. The engine chief engineer was Nicola Materazzi. The Ferrari 126C...

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The Hesketh 308C was a Formula One racing car designed by Harvey Postlethwaite and used by Hesketh Racing in the latter stages of the 1975 Formula One...

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The Tyrrell 018 was a Formula One racing car designed by Harvey Postlethwaite and Jean-Claude Migeot. It was built and raced by Tyrrell Racing. It used...

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The Tyrrell 020 was a Formula One racing car designed by Harvey Postlethwaite and George Ryton for Tyrrell Racing and raced during the 1991 season. The...

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Tyrrell himself left the team in disgust over the matter, leaving Dr. Harvey Postlethwaite to run the team. Out of a regular drive for 1998, Verstappen tested...

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Honda RA099

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commissioned by Honda, designed by ex-Ferrari and Tyrrell designer Harvey Postlethwaite and built by Dallara in 1999. Its purpose was similar to the one...

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History of Ferrari

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further afield, including John Barnard and Harvey Postlethwaite; with the exception of the Postlethwaite-designed 126C2, which won the team the 1982...

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However, Frank Williams was retained as team manager. Soon afterwards, Harvey Postlethwaite arrived as chief engineer. Simultaneously Wolf bought the assets...

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The Tyrrell 023 was a Formula One car designed by Harvey Postlethwaite and Mike Gascoyne for use by the Tyrrell team in the 1995 Formula One World Championship...

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derived sister model the 308B are Formula One racing cars designed by Harvey Postlethwaite for Hesketh Racing to compete in the 1974 and 1975 World Championships...

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no points scored during the season. The 021 was replaced by the Harvey Postlethwaite designed 022 for the 1994 season. (key) "STATS F1 • Tyrrell 021"...

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Walter Wolf Racing

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308C became known as the Wolf–Williams FW05 and soon afterwards Harvey Postlethwaite arrived as chief engineer. Jacky Ickx and Frenchman Michel Leclère...

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1973 Hesketh purchased a March 731 chassis, and it was developed by Harvey Postlethwaite. The team was initially not taken seriously by rivals, who saw the...

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foremost on Villeneuve's mind at the time of his fatal accident. Harvey Postlethwaite (the co-designer of the 126C2) believed that the "drama" following...

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to look seriously at launching an F1 team. In the summer of 1991 Harvey Postlethwaite joined the team to design an F1 car and Mercedes funded a vast new...

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brief revival of fortunes in the early 1990s. The combination of Harvey Postlethwaite's revolutionary anhedral high-nose Tyrrell 019 and Jean Alesi's full...

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Wolf WR1

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recruiting a group of talented designers for the job, spearheaded by Harvey Postlethwaite, who had worked at Hesketh Racing. WR1 became the team's first self-constructed...

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working in motorsport for the Fittipaldi Formula One team under Harvey Postlethwaite. In 1981, he joined the March team. After a period as a race engineer...

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Gilles Villeneuve

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Fifth-placed Elio de Angelis was only just over a second further back. Harvey Postlethwaite, who was hired by Ferrari to design the follow-on and much more successful...

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