Sam Michael Biography

By Andrew Hooper
January 27 2003

  Sam Michael
 
Sam Michael's career would see him study Mechanical Engineering at the University of New South Wales in Sydney Australia. During this time he would work in the Formula Holden category in Australia.

His career in Formula One would start in 1993 when he joined Team Lotus as a design engineer. His responsibilities covered data acquisition and lap simulation for the team.

After the Lotus team closed their doors in 1994 Sam moved to Jordan as a design/data engineer for the test and race team. After two years, in 1996, he would be promoted to Head of Research and Development and later to the position of Race Car Engineer for Ralf Schumacher.

In 1999 and 2000 he would work in the position of Race Car Engineer with Heinz-Harald Frentzen, who won the French and Italian GP.

In 2001 Sam would leave the Jordan team to join WilliamsF1 in the role of Chief Operations Engineer.

He was born in Western Australia in 1971. His hobbies include running, and surfing.
 
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