Research notes
Richard Wolverson is a British F1 engineer whose career began in gearbox design. He joined Xtrac in 2001, working on gearbox design across BTCC, DTM, WRC, endurance racing, NASCAR and F1. He moved into F1 full-time in 2008, joining Red Bull Racing as a Gearbox Design Engineer, and contributed to the championship-winning RB5, RB6 and RB7;
he subsequently held roles as Customer Gearbox Engineer, Engineering Coordinator (also acting as pit-lane "Car Controller"), Car Engineer and Senior Engineer. Following the team's 2025 restructuring he was promoted to Head of Team Race Operations, overseeing all trackside operations and pit-stop work.
More focused on trackside execution and operations engineering, not a driver's race engineer.