Entry route
Joined an F1 team directly as a data/systems engineer and climbed data → performance → race engineer.
Highlights
Won the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans as trackside performance engineer with Audi Team Joest
Part of Mercedes-Benz DTM title-winning campaign with HWA / Gary Paffett (2018)
Performance engineer to Esteban Ocon during Alpine's 2021 Hungarian GP victory
Promoted to race engineer in 2025; took over Franco Colapinto's car after the mid-2025 Doohan/Colapinto driver swap and continues for 2026
Research notes
2026 pairing with Franco Colapinto confirmed: Colapinto was confirmed as Alpine's second 2026 driver (alongside Gasly) on 7 Nov 2025, and RacingNews365/PlanetF1/F1 Oversteer 2026 lists state Barlow continues as his race engineer. F1 debut taken as 2016 (Manor, with Wehrlein) per Wikipedia;
years_to_race_engineer (~9) measured from that 2016 F1 entry to his 2025 promotion to race engineer. Some intermediate dates (Oxford Brookes graduation year, CRS/Alan Docking and Wirth Research dates) are not precisely sourced and are left empty. The DTM/IndyCar spells are categorised 'other'. No radio nickname found in public sources.