AUGUST 31, 1998
Coughlan to Honda?
The 39-year-old British engineer has been involved in racing since he joined Tiga Cars in the early 1980s. He moved to Team Lotus in 1984 and worked under both Gerard Ducarouge and Frank Dernie before being recruited by Barnard to work at Benetton in 1990. In 1991 Barnard went back to Ferrari and Coughlan moved to Tyrrell as chief designer. He stayed until 1993 but then teamed up with Barnard again at FDD.
Coughlan is expected to become deputy technical director at Honda and will probably be put in charge of the design of the Honda F1 car for the year 2000.