John Barnard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John Barnard

British motorsport designer

Date of Birth: 04-May-1946

Place of Birth: London

Profession: engineer, inventor, designer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

John Barnard (born 4 May 1946, Wembley, London) is a race car designer and is working with Terence Woodgate designing high specification carbon fibre furniture.
Barnard is credited with the introduction of two new designs into Formula 1: the carbon fibre composite chassis first seen in 1981 with McLaren, and the semi-automatic gearbox which he introduced with Ferrari in 1989.