With a 13-year career at AP Racing under his belt so far, Oliver now works as a F1 race engineer. But looking back more than decade, where did it all begin? And what has he enjoyed the most?

Oliver’s relationship with AP Racing began during his motorsport engineering degree. While studying at Coventry University, Oliver successfully applied to undertake an industrial placement year and found himself working in the road car design department in 2009.

In August 2010, Oliver returned to the road car design department working on initial concepts and designs for a variety of car parts. Following three years in this role, an opportunity to move into a more customer facing role became available. While still within the road car department, the new position moved away from the design aspect of his previous role, and focused more heavily on a customer facing project management, technical and trackside support with OE customers.

This role offered Oliver a unique opportunity to see a number of projects through from start to end - having designed the parts in his previous role, but getting to take it testing in his new role. While it also came with a steep learning curve, the position enabled Oliver to work with a series of high-profile customers and absorb a wealth of knowledge from his AP Racing colleagues.

It was during this time that Oliver recalls the project he’s most proud of - his first of, what would become, many big projects. The project? The Bugatti Chiron front caliper. As a young engineer, Oliver worked on the part from initial concept through to final design, when the transition to a more customer facing role, enabled him to follow the project through manufacturing and production, and even to testing in Europe – where he was fortunate to test drive the car.