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Chris Dyer is Kimi Räikkönen's former chief engineer at Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro and current chief track engineer of the team. Born in Bendigo, Victoria,[1] Dyer worked with the top V8 Supercar outfit, the Tom Walkinshaw owned Holden Racing Team in the mid nineties alongside drivers such as Peter Brock and Craig Lowndes. In 1997, he switched to Walkinshaw's Formula One team Arrows, working as Damon Hill's chief data engineer.[2] In 1998, he stepped up to race engineering, working with drivers such as Jos Verstappen.

Ferrari career

For the 2001 season, Chris moved to Scuderia Ferrari, working as Michael Schumacher's vehicle engineer, alongside Luca Baldisserri. By the end of 2002, Chris engineered Schumacher at the tests, and after the championships had been won, at the last three races at Monza, Indianapolis and Suzuka. [3]. Chris then race engineered Michael Schumacher to his 2003 and 2004 world titles, famously appearing with the German on the podium after his triumph at the 2003 Canadian Grand Prix. Chris was quoted saying that 'One of Michael’s strengths is that, apart from driving quickly, he has an understanding of the car and how all the systems work'. Dyer then took over as Kimi Räikkönen's race engineer when the Finn moved to Ferrari in 2007. Despite suggestions that the pair didn't always get the most from the package, Räikkönen took the title in 2007 at the final race by a single point over Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.[4] However, after the disappointing results in the 2008 season, Ferrari announced that Chris will be replaced by Andrea Stella for the 2009 season. Dyer will be promoted to chief track engineer. Away from the track, Dyer enjoys hearing the sounds of the engines from Fiorano from his house.

Career

References

  1. ^ Schumacher's back seat driver: retrieved 30/10/2008
  2. ^ Guiding the champion: retrieved 29/10/2008
  3. ^ ...And kimi be so slow: retrieved 29/10/2008
  4. ^ Brazilian GP - Sunday - Race Notes: retrieved 29/10/2008




Chris Dyer is an Australian engineer who works for the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One team as race engineer for Kimi Räikkönen. He was previously race engineer for Michael Schumacher.

Dyer graduated with a mechanical engineering degree in 1990. He went on to work at Packard Electric as a production engineer for one year, then moved to Holden Racing Team as a designer and data analysis engineer. He stayed with HRT until 1996, when he left to join the Arrows Formula One team in the United Kingdom as part of the track team.

During Dyer's time as Schumacher's race engineer at Ferrari, from 2003 to 2006, the Italian team won two Formula One Constructors' Championships and two Drivers' Championships. When Räikkönen joined Ferrari in 2007, he won his first race, although he was less competitive for most of the first half of the season. Dyer and Räikkönen worked closely together to make the Ferrari F2007 more suitable for Räikkönen's driving style and from the United States Grand Prix onwards, Räikkönen's results improved. At the end of the year, Räikkönen won the Drivers' Championship.

Another well known Chris Dyer is the Peruvian-Canadian artist, who specializes in Visionary skate art. He had done over 40 different skate graphics for Creation Skateboards (San Francisco, California) and has had art shows in galleries worldwide. www.positivecreations.ca


















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