Harvey Ernest Postlethwaite was a British engineer and Technical Director of several Formula One teams during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
10 Facts About Harvey Postlethwaite
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Harvey Postlethwaite died of a heart attack in Spain while supervising the testing of the aborted Honda F1 project.
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Harvey Postlethwaite was a keen follower of motor sport, competing in a Mallock at club level for a while.
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Harvey Postlethwaite remained with Wolf, designing the team's 1977 challenger, the WR1.
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Harvey Postlethwaite produced a new design, the F8, for the latter half of 1980 but left to join Ferrari in early 1981.
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Harvey Postlethwaite was selected personally by Enzo Ferrari to rectify this problem and by the following year everything was in place for success.
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Harvey Postlethwaite was eventually replaced by John Barnard and moved to Tyrrell, where he worked for four years.
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At the car's launch Harvey Postlethwaite proved the structural integrity of its unusual front 'gull wing' by standing on it.
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In 1991, Harvey Postlethwaite was signed as technical director of the Sauber team who planned to enter Formula One in 1993.
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Harvey Postlethwaite moved back to Tyrrell in 1994 where he remained until 1998 when the team was sold to become British American Racing.