Jo Bauer (born 21 July 1961) is the
FIA Formula One Technical Delegate at
Grand Prix
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races. Bauer's job is to assess all the cars at races to ensure that they are within the regulations and he has a team of FIA and local assistants to help him at each race. He took over the job from
Charlie Whiting in 1997 when Whiting was appointed as Race Director for Formula One races.
Bauer is an
automotive engineer who studied at the
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule in
Aachen
Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th- ...
,
Germany. After finishing his bachelor's degree Bauer went on to get a Masters while working with the automotive engineering firm FEV Motorentechnik GmbH.
References
External links
Profile at grandprix.com
Formula One engineers
German motorsport people
1961 births
Living people
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