Robert White (born 15 July 1965) is a

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engineer from England. As of 2021, he is the operations director at

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White was born in Camblesforth,

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. After leaving school he worked for Jaguar Cars, who agreed to sponsor him to take a mechanical engineering course at

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. White graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1987. Upon graduating, White responded to an advertisement from Cosworth Racing Limited and was hired as a development engineer for their

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project, working under Chief Engineer Steve Miller. In 1990, White was promoted to the position of senior development engineer. In 1993 he moved to

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as track support manager for Cosworth USA. In 1997, White returned to England and worked as chief engineer to Cosworth's Formula One operations. In 2003, three years before Ford left Formula One and a year before Cosworth was sold to Kevin Kalkhoven, White left Cosworth. The following year he moved to the

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team to act as engine technical director alongside Bob Bell (chassis technical director). In April 2005, White was promoted to deputy managing director of the engine operations at

, following the departure of Bernard Dudot. This meant moving to Renault's engine department located in Viry-Châtillon, France. At the time of his appointment, White did not speak

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despite being required to lead a predominantly French workforce. He also retained his role as technical director. In 2016 he moved to Enstone to become director of operations at the team now known as Alpine.

References

;Magazine * F1 Racing Magazine (

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version) - May 2006, page 62–65. ;Cite

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Rob White profile in Renault Sport F1
1965 births Alumni of the University of Southampton Formula One people People from Selby District Living people English motorsport people Renault people Sportspeople from Yorkshire {{F1-bio-stub