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John McQuilliam (born 3 August 1962 in Oldham, Lancashire) is a veteran F1 car designer, holding an Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from Salford University and a Master's in Composites from Imperial College London. He entered F1 in 1986 as a composites engineer at Williams, before moving to Arrows;
he was promoted to Chief Designer at Jordan, and stayed with the team through its renaming to Midland (2005) and Spyker (2007), leaving at the end of 2007. He then joined Wirth Research, contributing to the creation of the 2010 Virgin car. He returned to F1 in 2014 with Marussia, and served as Technical Consultant and Technical Director at Manor from 2015–2016. After Manor's collapse, he joined Prodrive in 2017 as Chief Engineer of the Composites department. In 2024 he joined the Andretti Group as Chief Designer of the Cadillac F1 Team, preparing for the 2026 season.
Head of the new-car design pathway.