Research notes
Stephen Knowles is a British F1 engineer with a background in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bath. He joined Mercedes' strategy department as a graduate in 2012, gradually rising to Senior Strategy Engineer, with a 2016 loan spell at Manor as Chief Strategist along the way. He returned to Mercedes in 2017 as a pit-wall strategist, moved to Red Bull Racing in 2021, and began working trackside full-time from 2022, leading race strategy for the first time. He was promoted to (Acting) Head of Sporting in September 2024.
Part of the same strategy engineering chain as Hannah Schmitz.