WHEN F1 MEETS CATERHAM RACING
On the surface, Formula 1 and Caterham racing don’t have too much in common. But for one Caterham 310R driver, the two very different worlds are intertwined. While at the weekends James Wingfield is a Caterham racer, his day job involves a far higher level of the sport as he is a team leader at Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains at Brixworth. And, whenever possible, he tries to apply the approach adopted by F1 teams to his club racing exploits.
Before joining Mercedes in 2015, Wingfield held a number of engineering roles at various companies, including working for Ricardo and being part of the RML team that developed the engine for the revolutionary hybrid lithium battery-powered Nissan ZEOD that was the Garage 56 entry for the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours. But it was his time at Cosworth – particularly the 2011 season during which he
