John Barnard

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John Barnard
Born	John Edward Barnard (1946-05-04) 4 May 1946 (age 78) London, England
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	Race car designer, Formula One aerodynamicist, engineer and former technical director.
Known for	Introducing the first semi-automatic gearbox, the first carbon fibre composite chassis and the "coke bottle" shape of the rear bodywork.

John Edward Barnard, RDI (born 4 May 1946, Wembley, London)^[1] is an English engineer and racing car designer. Barnard is credited with the introduction of two new designs into Formula One: the carbon fibre composite chassis first seen in 1981 with McLaren, and the semi-automatic gearbox with shift paddles on the steering wheel, which he introduced with Ferrari in 1989.