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Hugh Bird

British engineer

Hugh Bird
Nationality	British
Occupation	Race engineer
Employer	Red Bull Racing
Known for	Formula One engineer
Title	Race engineer

Hugh Bird is a British Formula One engineer. He is currently the race engineer for Sergio Pérez at the Red Bull Racing Formula One team.^[1]

Career

After graduating from Cambridge University, Bird started his career in motorsport in 2012 as a simulation and analysis engineer for Red Bull Racing.^[2] He then became a simulation performance engineer from 2015 to 2017. For the 2018 Formula One World Championship he was appointed as Max Verstappen's performance engineer in a spell where the Dutchman scored seven victories and several podium finishes.^[3] He was appointed as Sergio Perez's senior race engineer for the 2021 Formula One World Championship, coaching the Mexican to one victory and fourth place in the Drivers' Championship.^[4]

References

^ "Who is Hugh Bird, the engineer who would have hurt Checo Pérez at Red Bull". infobae.
^ "Hugh Bird". Linkedin.
^ "WATCH: How Red Bull F1 Mechanics Saved Max Verstappen's Race in Hungary". essentially sports. 16 January 2021.
^ "IS PEREZ'S F1 SLUMP OVER AT THE PERFECT TIME FOR RED BULL?". therace.com. 15 October 2021.

Red Bull Racing

Founder: Dietrich Mateschitz

Advisor to Red Bull GmbH: Helmut Marko

Team principal: Christian Horner

Chief Technical Officer: Adrian Newey

Personnel: Hugh Bird; Ben Hodgkinson [ja]; Gianpiero Lambiase; Paul Monaghan; Simon Rennie; Guillaume Rocquelin; Hannah Schmitz; Pierre Waché; Ben Waterhouse; Jonathan Wheatley