Jonathan Wheatley is a British

Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...

mechanic and team manager. He is currently the sporting director at the

Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing, also simply known as Red Bull or RBR and currently competing as Oracle Red Bull Racing, is a Formula One racing team, racing under an Austrian licence and based in the United Kingdom. It is one of two Formula One teams owned ...

Formula One team.

Career

Wheatley began his motorsport career at Benetton as a junior mechanic in the early 1990s. He rose through the ranks at Enstone to become the chief mechanic from 2001 until 2006 when he left for

. Wheatley's role in the team is important and includes ensuring that the team is operating within the FIA sporting regulations, monitoring communications, and supervising Red Bull's pit crew, widely regarded to be among the best in Formula One. Red Bull's pit crew broke the world record for fastest Formula One pit stop during the

2019 Brazilian Grand Prix The 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Heineken Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2019) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 17 November 2019 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil. The race was the twe ...

timed at just 1.82 seconds, beating the previous record of 1.88 second set in the

2019 German Grand Prix The 2019 German Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Mercedes-Benz Grosser Preis von Deutschland 2019) was a Formula One motor race which was held on 28 July 2019 at the Hockenheimring in Germany. The race was the 11th round of the 2019 For ...

also by Red Bull.

References

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