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Age 52 2011 Parts company with Virgin 2009 Designs the Virgin VR-01, the first Cfd-only designed F1 car, for 2010 2009 Appointed technical director of Manor Motorsport 2005 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering 2003 Founds Wirth Research 2001 Roboscience launches Robodog, the world’s first robot labrador 1999 Founds Roboscience 1996-1999 Chief designer at Benetton 1995 Winds up Simtek GP and Simtek Research 1993 Forms Simtek Grand Prix to enter 1994 F1 season 1989 Starts Simtek Research with Max Mosley 1987 Starts at March as an aerodynamicist 1987 Graduates from University College London with a first in Mechanical Engineering