Hugh Bird
{{short description|British engineer}}
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Hugh Bird is a British Formula One engineer. He was the race engineer for Sergio Pérez at the Red Bull Racing Formula One team.{{cite web|url=https://www-infobae-com.translate.goog/america/deportes/2021/09/13/quien-es-hugh-bird-el-ingeniero-que-habria-perjudicado-a-checo-perez-en-red-bull/?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc|title=Who is Hugh Bird, the engineer who would have hurt Checo Pérez at Red Bull|publisher=infobae}}
Career
After graduating from Cambridge University, Bird started his career in motorsport in 2012 as a simulation and analysis engineer for Red Bull Racing.{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugh-bird-56990446/?originalSubdomain=uk|title=Hugh Bird|publisher=Linkedin}} He then became a simulation performance engineer from 2015 to 2017. For the 2018 Formula One World Championship he was appointed as Max Verstappen's performance engineer in a spell where the Dutchman scored seven victories and several podium finishes.{{cite web|title=WATCH: How Red Bull F1 Mechanics Saved Max Verstappen's Race in Hungary|date=16 January 2021 |url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/f1-news-watch-how-red-bull-f1-mechanics-saved-max-verstappens-race-in-hungary/|publisher=essentially sports}} He was appointed as Sergio Pérez's senior race engineer for the 2021 Formula One World Championship, coaching the Mexican to one victory and fourth place in the Drivers' Championship. He continued to be Pérez's race engineer in 2022, when Pérez finished in third, and in 2024, when he finished in second. He would remain in the role until the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix.{{cite web|title=IS PEREZ'S F1 SLUMP OVER AT THE PERFECT TIME FOR RED BULL?|date=15 October 2021 |url=https://the-race.com/formula-1/is-perezs-f1-slump-over-at-the-perfect-time-for-red-bull/|publisher=therace.com}}
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Category:Formula One engineers