Adrian Burgess

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Adrian Burgess
Personal information
Nationality British
Sport
Country  England
Sport Formula Three
Formula One (1991-1998)
V8 Supercars (2007-2016)
Team Bowman Racing (1989-1990)
McLaren (1991-1998)
Carlin Motorsport (1999-2006)
Jordan Grand Prix/Midland F1 Racing (2005-2006)
Dick Johnson Racing (2007-2010)
Triple Eight Race Engineering (2011-2013)
Holden Racing Team (2014-)

Adrian Burgess is a motorsport team manager currently managing the Holden Racing Team in Australia.

Career

After working his way through the Formula Three ranks, Burgess became a number one mechanic at Bowman Racing, engineering David Brabham to the 1989 title. In 1991 he joined McLaren working on its Formula One program. In 1999, he returned to Formula Three with Carlin Motorsport.[1] In 2005 he returned to Formula One with Jordan Grand Prix as sporting director.[2][3][4]

In 2007 Burgress emigrated to Australia to manage V8 Supercars team Dick Johnson Racing, moving to Triple Eight Race Engineering in 2011 and the Holden Racing Team in 2014.[1][2][5][6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Adrian Burgess Holden Racing Team
  2. 2.0 2.1 Adrian Burgess Speedcafe 14 May 2010
  3. Carlin departs from Jordan set-up BBC News 9 June 2005
  4. Burgess takes over from Carlin at Jordan Motorsport.com 10 June 2005
  5. Adrian Burgess to lead TeamVodafone in 2011 Speedcafe 18 October 2010
  6. Adrian Burgess set for Walkinshaw switch Speedcafe 7 August 2013