John Edward Barnard, 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 which he introduced with Ferrari in 1989.
John Barnard
McLaren MP4/1 was the first Formula One car to use the now ubiquitous carbon fibre composite monocoque.
Niki Lauda in the 1984 championship winning McLaren MP4/2
Wembley is a large suburb in the London Borough of Brent, north-west London, 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Charing Cross. It includes the neighbourhoods of Alperton, North Wembley, Preston, Sudbury, Tokyngton and Wembley Park. The population was 102,856 in 2011.
An aerial view of Wembley, showing part of High Road, the industrial estate, Wembley Arena and Wembley Stadium
St John the Evangelist church was built in 1846
Harrow Road, c. 1910, showing Sudbury Park Farm on the left and Crabs House on the right (now buildings of Barham Park)
Wembley Fire Station