Ron Meadows
{{short description|British mechanic}}
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{{for|the rugby union player|Ronald Meadows}}
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| name = Ron Meadows
| image = 2014 Chinese Grand Prix post-race podium - Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg & Fernando Alonso.jpg
| caption = Ron Meadows on the 2014 Chinese Grand Prix podium.
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|2|7}}
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| nationality = British
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| citizenship = British
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| occupation = Mechanic
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| employer = Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport
| known_for = Formula One team manager
| title = Sporting director
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Ron Meadows (born 7 February 1964){{Cite web|title=Ron Meadows|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/nl/f1-coureurs/1016/ron-meadows/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227150002/www.gpupdate.net/nl/f1-coureurs/1016/ron-meadows/ |archive-date=2017-02-27 |access-date=31 December 2021|website=GPupdate.net}} is a British Formula One mechanic and team manager. He is currently the sporting director at the Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport Formula One team.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQpyacdVyUs|title=The Dream Team Behind Mercedes: Meet The 'Brackley Boys', Beyond The Grid, Official F1 Podcast|publisher=F1.com}}
Career
Meadows started his career in motorsport as a mechanic in his early teens and worked his way through the ranks to running his own Formula 3000 squad. After several years as a team boss, Meadows moved to the US to work for Walker Racing in the Indy Car series.{{cite news|title=Ron Meadows|newspaper=Sidepodcast |url=https://sidepodcast.com/f1-employee/ron-meadows|publisher=Side Podcast}} Meadows later joined Adrian Reynard's fledging British American Racing team as their factory manager.{{cite web|url=https://merseysportlive.co.uk/2021/04/22/ron-meadows-i-was-never-someone-who-aspired-to-be-in-formula-1/|title=Ron Meadows: 'I was never someone who aspired to be in Formula 1'|date=22 April 2021 |publisher=merseysportlive}} After the Brackley-based team struggled during their maiden season, Meadows was promoted to team manager and remained with them as they became Honda Racing, and then took on the sporting director role in 2008. In 2009, he helped Brawn GP take their one and only World Championship{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}, and remained in the same sporting director position as the champions were bought out by Mercedes winning 8 constructors and 7 drivers titles with the team. In his current role Meadows is responsible for managing garage operations and is the lead figure on the Mercedes pit wall.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv-k5u4eIe0&t=1s|title=Mercedes F1 Pit Wall EXPLAINED!|publisher=Mercedes AMG Petronas}} He also represents the team in discussions with the FIA and the Sporting Working Group and directly communicates with race control during the race weekend.{{cite web|url=https://www.mercedesamgf1.com/en/news/2018/11/insight-the-trackside-engineers/|title=INSIGHT: The Trackside Engineers|publisher=Mercedes AMG Petronas}}
Personal life
Meadows is the father of racing driver Michael Meadows, who notably won the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup title in 2018. The pair co-founded a karting and Formula 4 team, Argenti Motorsport, in late 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWryLoxhO2s|title=Mercedes F1 Sporting Director Ron Meadows talks about his Argenti Karting Team. UKC Rd 4 2021 Part 1|website=YouTube|publisher=TDi Media|date=5 September 2021|access-date=26 September 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/autosport-uk/20201001/283098481532434|title=Meadows adds 'race-winning team boss' to his CV|website=PressReader|publisher=Autosport|last=Lickorish|first=Stephen|date=1 October 2020|access-date=26 September 2024}}
References
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