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Will Joseph

Race Engineer · McLaren · Formula 1

Will Joseph is publicly listed as Race Engineer with McLaren in Formula 1. Sourced career path and education on Paddock CV.

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Career path

  • 2006–2010 · McLaren
    Design/rear suspension engineer (carbon wishbones, brake ducts, damper units)
  • 2010–2011 · McLaren
    Build Engineer (factory-to-trackside liaison)
  • 2011–2012 · McLaren
    Simulator test engineer
  • 2012–2017 · McLaren
    Trackside performance engineer (worked with Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez, Kevin Magnussen, Fernando Alonso)
  • 2017–2018 · McLaren
    Race engineer for Fernando Alonso (became lead race engineer Oct 2017)
  • 2019–present · McLaren
    Race engineer for Lando Norris
  • 2024–present · McLaren
    Director of Race Engineering (while continuing as Norris's race engineer)

Education

  • University of Cambridge
    Master of Engineering (MEng) · Aerothermal and Aerospace Engineering · graduated ~2006

Research notes and caveats

2026 pairing with Lando Norris confirmed by RacingNews365 2026 roundup. Education (Cambridge, MEng Aerothermal/Aerospace) confirmed by Wikipedia and EssentiallySports. Career ladder (joined McLaren 2006 as design engineer, through build/simulator/performance roles, to race engineer) confirmed across all three sources. Minor discrepancy on when he took the Alonso race-engineer seat: Wikipedia says lead race engineer from Oct 2017; RacingNews365 frames it as Alonso's race engineer in 2018 — both agree he moved to Norris in 2019. f1_debut_year set to 2006 (first F1 industry/McLaren role). years_to_race_engineer = ~11 (2006 entry to ~2017 first race-engineer seat with Alonso; would be ~6 if counting his 2011-12 transition to trackside). No radio nickname found in sources.

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