Matt Harman - Wikipedia

Matt Harman
Born	Matthew Harman
Occupation	Engineer
Employer	Williams Racing
Known for	Formula One engineer
Title	Design Director

Matthew Harman is a British Formula One engineer. He is currently the Technical Director for Engineering for the Williams Racing Formula One team.

Career

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Harman began his career at Ricardo, before moving to Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains in Brixworth. He later relocated to Brackley, serving as Head of Transmission and Powertrain Integration during a period of dominance for the Silver Arrows. In September 2018, Harman joined the Renault F1 Team as Deputy Chief Design before being promoted to engineering director in May 2019.^[1] In February 2022, Harman was promoted to Technical Director of Alpine F1 Team. He held this position until his departure from the team in March 2024.^[2] In September 2024, he joined Williams Racing as design director.^[3] In July 2025, Harman was promoted to Technical Director for Engineering.^[4]

References

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^ "Renault announce organisational changes to strengthen technical department". Formula One.
^ "Alpine promotes Fry, Harman ahead of 2022 season". Motorsport Week. February 2022.
^ "BREAKING: Williams Racing unveils new top technical talent amid recruitment drive". Williams Racing. September 2024.
^ "Williams names Alex Kruse chief operations director ahead of 2026 F1 push". Motorsport.com. July 2025.

v t e Williams Racing
Founders	Frank Williams Patrick Head
Team Principal	James Vowles
Current personnel	Richard Frith Pat Fry Matt Harman Gaëtan Jego Adam Kenyon Andrew Murdoch Dave Redding Dave Robson Sven Smeets Angelos Tsiaparas James Urwin Paul Williams
Former personnel	Jakob Andreasen Enrico Balbo Dickon Balmforth Loïc Bigois Ross Brawn Ann Bradshaw David Brown Jenson Button Carl Gaden Jost Capito Jock Clear Mike Coughlan François-Xavier Demaison Frank Dernie Dirk de Beer Jonathan Eddolls Gavin Fisher Mark Gillan Eghbal Hamidy Dominic Harlow Patrick Head Silvia Hoffer Ravin Jain Simon Lacey Werner Laurenz Richard Lockwood Paddy Lowe Xavier Marcos Padros Tom McCullough Doug McKiernan John McQuilliam Sam Michael Matt Morris Rod Nelson Adrian Newey Steve Nielsen Tim Newton Neil Oatley Ronan O'Hare Sophie Ogg Adam Parr Heinz Paschen Tim Preston Xevi Pujolar Willy Rampf Sergio Rinland Simon Roberts Tony Ross Paul Rosche Tony Salter Enrique Scalabroni Rob Smedley Jason Somerville Antonio Spagnolo Dickie Stanford Dave Stubbs Pat Symonds Mark Tatham Antonia Terzi Jon Tomlinson Peter Vale Claire Williams Frank Williams Geoff Willis Craig Wilson Andrew Vizard Toto Wolff Ed Wood David Worner David Wheater Elizabeth Wood Boyer Jörg Zander
2026 Race drivers	23. Alexander Albon 55. Carlos Sainz Jr.
Test drivers	Luke Browning Victor Martins
Driver Academy	Jade Jacquet Oleksandr Bondarev Luke Browning Alessandro Giusti Will Green Dean Hoogendoorn Kean Nakamura-Berta Lucas Palacio
World Champions	Alan Jones Keke Rosberg Nelson Piquet Nigel Mansell Alain Prost Damon Hill Jacques Villeneuve
Former drivers	See category
Drivers' titles	1980 1982 1987 1992 1993 1996 1997
Constructors' titles	1980 1981 1986 1987 1992 1993 1994 1996 1997
Race winners	Clay Regazzoni Alan Jones Carlos Reutemann Keke Rosberg Nigel Mansell Nelson Piquet Thierry Boutsen Riccardo Patrese Alain Prost Damon Hill David Coulthard Jacques Villeneuve Heinz-Harald Frentzen Ralf Schumacher Juan Pablo Montoya Pastor Maldonado
Formula One cars	FW06 FW07 FW07B FW07C FW08 FW08C FW09 FW09B FW10 FW10B FW11 FW11B FW12 FW12C FW13 FW13B FW14 FW14B FW15C FW16 FW16B FW17 FW17B FW18 FW19 FW20 FW21 FW22 FW23 FW24 FW25 FW26 FW27 FW28 FW29 FW30 FW31 FW32 FW33 FW34 FW35 FW36 FW37 FW38 FW40 FW41 FW42 FW43 FW43B FW44 FW45 FW46 FW47 FW48
Formula Two cars	JPH1 JPH1B
Le Mans prototypes	BMW V12 LM BMW V12 LMR
Rally cars	Metro 6R4
Touring cars	Renault Laguna (BTCC)

Alpine F1 Team

Executive management: Flavio Briatore (Team Principal); Steve Nielsen (Managing Director); Philippe Krief [pt] (Chief Executive Officer)

Personnel: Stuart Barlow; Joe Burnell; Rob Cherry; Dave Greenwood; Richard Lockwood; Karel Loos; Josh Peckett; Ciaron Pilbeam; Julian Rouse [pt]; David Sanchez; Paul Seaby

Former personnel: Dirk de Beer; Davide Brivio; Marcin Budkowski; Chris Dyer; Bruno Famin; Pat Fry; Pierre Genon; Matt Harman; John Howard; Eric Meignan [pt]; Oliver Oakes; Alan Permane; Alain Prost; Laurent Rossi; Mia Sharizman; Otmar Szafnauer; Rémi Taffin; David Wheater; Rob White; David Wheater

2026 race drivers: 10. Pierre Gasly; 43. Franco Colapinto

Test and reserve drivers: Kush Maini; Paul Aron

Alpine Academy drivers: Kabir Anurag; Alex Dunne; Kush Maini; Gabriele Minì; Keanu Al Azhari; Nina Gademan; Sukhmani Kaur Khera

Race winners: Esteban Ocon

Formula One cars: A350 (test only); A500 (test only); A521; A522; A523; A524; A525; A526

Related: Renault in Formula One; Automobiles Alpine; Team Enstone; Alpine Academy

Renault in Formula One

Équipe Renault (1977–1985)

Notable personnel: Bernard Dudot; François Guiter; Gérard Larrousse; Jean Sage; Michel Têtu

Notable drivers: Jean-Pierre Jabouille; René Arnoux; Alain Prost; Eddie Cheever; Derek Warwick; Patrick Tambay; Philippe Streiff; François Hesnault

Formula One cars: RS01; RS10; RE20; RE20B; RE30; RE30B; RE30C; RE40; RE50; RE60; RE60B

Related: Renault; Renault Sport; Renault EF-Type engine; Alpine A500

Renault F1 Team (2002–2010)

Notable personnel: James Allison; Bob Bell; Greg Baker; Éric Boullier; Flavio Briatore; Dirk de Beer; Daniele Casanova; Jean-François Caubet; Phil Charles; Rob Cherry; Nick Chester; Denis Chevrier; Chris Cooney; Tad Czapski; Alain Dassas; Tim Densham; Mike Elliott; Patrick Faure; Dave Greenwood; Nicolas Hennel; Jean-Jacques His [fr]; John Iley; Ayao Komatsu; Gérard López; Bradley Lord; Patrick Louis; Fabrice Lom; Eric Lux; Jonathan Marshall; Rob Marshall; Paul Monaghan; Jarrod Murphy; Rod Nelson; Steve Nielsen; Alan Permane; Simon Rennie; Bernard Rey; Iñaki Rueda; Paul Seaby; Mark Slade; Mark Smith; Patrizia Spinelli; Jason Somerville; Pat Symonds; Rémi Taffin; Dino Toso; Robin Tuluie; Jon Tomlinson; Naoki Tokunaga; Martin Tolliday; David Wheater; Jonathan Wheatley; Rob White

Notable drivers: Jarno Trulli; Jenson Button; Giancarlo Fisichella; Heikki Kovalainen; Nelson Piquet Jr.; Robert Kubica

World Champion(s): Fernando Alonso

Drivers' titles: 2005; 2006

Constructors' titles: 2005; 2006

Formula One cars: R202; R23; R24; R25; R26; R27; R28; R29; R30

Related: Renault; Renault Sport; RF1 Driver Programme; Renault Formula One crash controversy; Team Enstone

Lotus Renault GP (2011)

Notable personnel: Greg Baker; Éric Boullier; James Allison; Dirk de Beer; Jean-François Caubet; Daniele Casanova; Rob Cherry; Nick Chester; Chris Cooney; Tim Densham; Mike Elliott; Ayao Komatsu; Gérard López; Patrick Louis; Eric Lux; Jonathan Marshall; Jarrod Murphy; Steve Nielsen; Alan Permane; Iñaki Rueda; Simon Rennie; Bernard Rey; Paul Seaby; Julien Simon-Chautemps; Jason Somerville; Naoki Tokunaga; Martin Tolliday; David Wheater

Drivers: Nick Heidfeld; Vitaly Petrov; Bruno Senna

Formula One cars: R31

Related: Genii Capital; Group Lotus; LRGP Academy; Team Enstone

Renault F1 Team (2016–2020)

Executive management: Cyril Abiteboul (managing director); Luca de Meo (Group CEO); Marcin Budkowski (Executive Director); Jérôme Stoll (President)

Notable personnel: Greg Baker; Dirk de Beer; Stuart Barlow; Bob Bell; Rob Cherry; Nick Chester; Chris Cooney; Lucia Conconi; Matthieu Dubois; Chris Dyer; Pat Fry; Pierre Genon; Matt Harman; John Howard; Pete Machin; Karel Loos; Josh Peckett; Alan Permane; Ciaron Pilbeam; Alain Prost; Chris Richards; Rémi Taffin; Paul Seaby; Mia Sharizman; Mark Slade; Julien Simon-Chautemps; Martin Tolliday; Jon Tomlinson; Frédéric Vasseur

Notable drivers: Kevin Magnussen; Jolyon Palmer; Carlos Sainz Jr.; Nico Hülkenberg; Daniel Ricciardo; Esteban Ocon

Renault Sport Academy: Max Fewtrell; Christian Lundgaard; Caio Collet; Zhou Guanyu; Oscar Piastri; Hadrien David

Formula One cars: R.S.16; R.S.17; R.S.18; R.S.19; R.S.20

Related: Groupe Renault; Renault Sport; Alpine F1 Team; Team Enstone

Titles achieved with Renault engines
Drivers' titles 1992 1993 1995 1996 1997 2005 2006 2010 2011 2012 2013 Constructors' titles 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 2005 2006 2010 2011 2012 2013 Related Renault Renault Sport Renault Sport F1 Renault engine customers' Grand Prix results Italics indicate factory team.

Mercedes-Benz in Formula One

Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team (2010–present)

Ownership: Mercedes-Benz Group (33.3%); Ineos (33.3%); Toto Wolff (28.3%); George Kurtz (5.0%)

Executive management: Toto Wolff (CEO & team principal); Ola Källenius (Head of Mercedes-Benz)

Current personnel: James Allison; Peter Bonnington; Simon Cole; Matt Deane; Marcus Dudley; Bradley Lord; Ron Meadows; Jarrod Murphy; Riccardo Musconi; David Nelson; John Owen; Simone Resta; Evan Short; Andrew Shovlin; Rob Thomas [pt]; Giacomo Tortora; Geoff Willis

Former personnel: Enrico Balbo; Bob Bell; Loïc Bigois; Eric Blandin; Ross Brawn; Jock Clear; Steve Clark; Lucia Conconi; Aldo Costa; Tad Czapski; Jérôme d'Ambrosio; Mark Ellis; Mike Elliott; Nick Fry; Brendan Gilhome; Norbert Haug; Jürgen Hubbert; Adam Kenyon; Stephen Knowles; Niki Lauda; Paddy Lowe; Arron Melvin; Ronan O'Hare; Phil Prew; Tony Ross; Wolfgang Schattling; Loïc Serra; Mark Slade; Stefan Strahnz; Kevin Taylor; James Vowles; Thomas Weber; Craig Wilson; Ian Wright; Dieter Zetsche

2026 race drivers: 12. Kimi Antonelli; 63. George Russell

2026 test and reserve drivers: Frederik Vesti

2026 development drivers: Joshua Dürksen; Doriane Pin

Simulator drivers: Jake Hughes; Anthony Davidson

Junior Team drivers: James Anagnostiadis; Kenzo Craigie; Niccolò Perico; Luna Fluxá; Ethan Jeff-Hall; Rashid Al Dhaheri; Andy Consani; Devin Titz; Many Nuvolini; Payton Westcott

World Champions: Lewis Hamilton; Nico Rosberg

Ambassadors: Nico Rosberg; Esteban Gutiérrez; Susie Wolff

Notable drivers: Valtteri Bottas; Michael Schumacher

Drivers' titles: 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020

Constructors' titles: 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021

Formula One cars: W01; W02; W03; W04; W05; W06; W07; W08; W09; W10; W11; W12; W13; W14; W15; W16; W17

Engine division: Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains

Related: Mercedes-Benz Group; Mercedes-Benz; Mercedes-AMG

Mercedes High Performance Powertrains (2005–present)
Current personnel Michael Harre Lorenzo Sassi Hywel Thomas Former personnel Joe Burnell Andy Cowell Marcus Duesmann Matt Harman Ben Hodgkinson Owen Jones Phil Prew Rob Thomas [pt] Drivers' titles 2008 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2025 Constructors' titles 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2024 2025

Daimler-Benz AG (1954–1955)
Personnel Fritz Nallinger Alfred Neubauer Max Sailer Rudolf Uhlenhaut World Champions Juan Manuel Fangio Notable drivers Hans Herrmann Karl Kling Hermann Lang Stirling Moss André Simon Piero Taruffi Drivers' titles 1954 1955 Formula One cars W196 Related Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows

World Championships with Mercedes-Benz engines
Drivers' titles 1954 1955 1998 1999 2008 2009 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2025 Constructors' titles 1998 2009 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2024 2025 Related Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains Mercedes engine customers' Grand Prix results Mercedes-AMG Italics indicate factory team.