Jon Tomlinson was a member of the Williams

WilliamsF1

Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, trading as AT&T Williams, is a British Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head...

 Formula One team, working in the role Chief Aerodynamicist. Tomlinson's former department design and test a range of components for the Williams cars in two on-site wind tunnels, one of which can accommodate a full-size car.

Career

In 1995 he was appointed a design Engineer for Hanford Racing Services Ltd for one year. Until 1998, he became an Aerodynamicist for Swift Engineering Ltd. in California. He became Chief Aerodynamicist for Precision Preparation Inc. also in California, until 2000. He then entered Formula One

Formula One

Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...

 with the Jordan Grand Prix

Jordan Grand Prix

Jordan Grand Prix was a Formula One constructor that competed from 1991 to 2005. The team is named after Irish businessman and founder Eddie Jordan...

 team as Senior Aerodynamicist till 2002 when Renault F1

Renault F1

Lotus Renault GP, formerly the Renault F1 Team, is a British Formula One racing team. The Oxfordshire-based team can trace its roots back through the Benetton team of the late 1980s and 1990s to the Toleman team of the early 1980s. Renault had also competed in various forms since , before taking...

 snapped him up as Deputy Head of Aerodynamics.

Then WilliamsF1 hired him as Head of Aerodynamics, which was later renamed to Chief Aerodynamicist in November 2006.
He resigned at the beginning of May 2011 after the disastrous start of the 2011 Formula One Season.

Personal life

Tomlinson lives with his wife Caroline and their two children, in Bodicote

Bodicote

Bodicote is a village and civil parish south of the centre of Banbury in Oxfordshire.-History:A windmill that stood next to the grove at the top of Bodicote is mentioned in the Domesday Book of AD 1086...

, Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

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