Research notes
Josef Holden joined Mahindra Racing before Season 7 and currently serves as Technical Director, leading the technical development team responsible for car maintenance and trackside performance delivery. Previously he worked at Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains as Head of Strategy and Powertrain Tools, contributing to multiple Mercedes F1 double championships, and earlier accumulated experience at Marussia F1 (as Jules Bianchi's Performance Engineer in 2013) and in Formula Renault 3.5.