James Urwin
Race Engineer · Williams · Formula 1
James Urwin is publicly listed as Race Engineer with Williams in Formula 1. Sourced career path and education on Paddock CV.
Career path
- Public record · British Touring Car Championship / British Formula Renault
Mechanic - 2004 · Taurus Sports Racing
Engineer (British GT, European Le Mans Series) - 2011 · Super Nova Racing
Data & Performance Engineer / Race Engineer (GP2, A1GP, Auto GP) - 2011–2014 · Caterham Racing
GP2 Race Engineer - 2014–2016 · Williams Racing
Performance Engineer - 2017–2018 · Williams Racing
Race Engineer (Lance Stroll) - 2019–2021 · Williams Racing
Senior Race Engineer (George Russell; also Jack Aitken, Nyck de Vries in stand-in appearances) - 2022–2026 · Williams Racing
Senior Race Engineer (Alex Albon)
Education
- Loughborough University
Automotive Engineering
Research notes and caveats
Pairing with Alex Albon for 2026 confirmed across RacingNews365, Motorsport.com, Wikipedia and the official Williams site. British nationality and Loughborough University (Automotive Engineering) per Wikipedia. f1_debut_year is set to 2014 (year he joined Williams/F1 as a performance engineer); first F1 race-engineer seat came in 2017, hence years_to_race_engineer = 3. Pre-2011 mechanic and Taurus Sports/Super Nova dates are partial in public sources; exact start/end years and degree level (e.g. BEng/MEng) not publicly confirmed and left blank. No radio nickname found in sources.
Public sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Urwin
- https://www.williamsf1.com/articles/02a83d24-0b78-45d7-b4d4-761126af18f8/who-are-williams-racing-race-engineers
- https://racingnews365.com/meet-the-2026-f1-race-engineers
- https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/every-race-engineer-f1-2026/10807004/
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