Research notes
Andrew Shovlin is the Trackside Engineering Director for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team, responsible for connecting factory engineering in Brackley with trackside execution. Public records show he has spent his career within the same Brackley-based organisation, passing through BAR / Honda / Brawn GP / Mercedes, and became a central figure in trackside engineering during Mercedes' era of dominance. Both Mercedes' official 2026 career interview and F1.com's 2026 season-preview coverage continue to credit him with this title.
Added here to cover trackside engineering management;
Peter Bonnington, as Head of Race Engineering / Kimi Antonelli's race engineer, is already included in the 2026 race engineer dataset and is not repeated here.