Gill Jones
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Gill Jones (born Gill Hall, 1972/1973)[1] is a British Formula One engineer. He works as the Trackside Electronics Leader for the Red Bull Racing team.
Career
Jones was educated at Longbenton High School in Newcastle and graduated with a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Northumbria University, after which he worked in the aerospace industry.[1][2] Gill began his Formula One career in 2000 with Jaguar Racing in an electronics testing role. In 2003 he worked for Toyota Racing as an electronics engineer on Olivier Panis' car and in 2004 at British American Racing with Takuma Sato. He then returned to Milton Keynes and Red Bull Racing to take care of the electronics in races and testing. Her first race was the 2005 Chinese Grand Prix where she worked on Christian Klien's car.[2][3][4]
At the 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix, he became the second female F1 team member in history to receive the winning manufacturer's trophy on the podium.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Tyne Features - Behind the scenes of a Formula One team". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
- ^ a b "Motorsport - Winners 2016". Autocar.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
- ^ "Q&A: Gill Hall - electronics engineer, Toyota". Crash.net. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
- ^ "Gill, la maga dell'elettronica". Lastampa.it. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
- ^ "Women on the Formula One podium and why it is so importan". Fast-and-fearless.com. Retrieved 24 February 2026.