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Gordon Coppuck (born 8 December 1936 in Fleet, Hampshire) [1] is a British racing car designer who was chief designer for McLaren and later worked for March and co-founded Spirit. Born in December 1936, he attended Queen Mary's School for Boys before becoming an apprentice at the National Gas Turbine Establishment (NGTE). [ 2 ]
The McLaren M23 was a Formula One racing car designed by Gordon Coppuck, with input from John Barnard, and built by the McLaren team. It was a development of the McLaren M16 Indianapolis 500 car. A Ford Cosworth DFV engine was used, which was prepared by specialist tuning company Nicholson-McLaren Engines. This helped push the DFV's horsepower ...
Frank Coppuck is a British engineer and racing car designer, who helped design the Pacific PR01 and PR02 Formula One cars. A nephew of Formula One engineer Gordon Coppuck . After graduating from Kingston Polytechnic with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical and aeronautical engineering he went to work for the Royal Aircraft Establishment at ...
The McLaren M26 was a Formula One racing car designed by Gordon Coppuck for the McLaren team, to replace the aging McLaren M23 model. The car was designed to be a lighter and lower car than its predecessor, with a smaller frontal area and narrower monocoque. Coppuck began design work in early 1976, with a view to introducing the car in the mid ...
Spirit Racing was a racing car constructor and racing team from the United Kingdom. Founded in 1981, it participated in the 1982 European Formula Two Championship, moved to Formula One in 1983 (staying to the end of the 1985 season), then competing in the 1988 F3000 season before finally folding at the end of that year.
Gordon Coppuck: Predecessor: March 85G: Successor: March 87G: Technical specifications; Chassis: Aluminium monocoque, reinforced at key points with carbon fibre honeycomb, and a steel tube sub frame: Engine: BMW M12/14 2 litre turbo straight-four, Buick 3 liter turbo V6, Buick 4.5-liter naturally-aspirated V6, Nissan VG30ET V6 mid engine ...
Gordon Coppuck Tim Holloway: Predecessor: 87P: Successor: 881: Technical specifications [1] Chassis: Carbon fibre monocoque: Suspension (front) Inboard coil springs, pull-rods and double wishbones: Suspension (rear) Inboard coil springs, pull-rods and double wishbones: Engine: Cosworth DFZ, 3,494 cc (213.2 cu in), 90° V8, NA, mid-engine ...
With Gordon Coppuck preoccupied by designing the McLaren M16 Indianapolis 500 car, the task of designing an all-new Formula 1 car for 1971 fell on Ralph Bellamy. The result was a distinctive car that was nicknamed "The Alligator Car". [2]