Will e-fuels save the internal combustion engine?
A deep dive into the technology and implications of synthetic petrol with industry experts.
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Paddy Lowe graduated in Engineering at Cambridge in 1984 and has worked in Formula One for three major teams – Williams, McLaren and Mercedes. He now works as a consultant engineer and entrepreneur, with a focus on the clean energy sector.
Joining Formula One in 1987, Paddy Lowe is widely recognised for his achievements as aninnovator and technical leader (appointed Engineering Director / Technical Director at McLaren [2005], Executive Director / Board Member at Mercedes [2013], CTO at Williams [2017]). A score of 12 World Championships and 158 race wins on his watch is amongst the very highest in the history of the sport. Along the way he was Technical Director for the first 53 wins of Hamilton’s record-breaking career, has worked in total with 11 World Champion drivers (Lauda, Senna, Prost, Mansell, Hill, Hakkinen, Raikkonen, Alonso, Button, Rosberg, Hamilton), pioneered innovative systems such as active suspension, traction control and driving simulators, and lead the Mercedes team to the most successful F1 season ever recorded: 19 wins from 21 races in 2016. Paddy is not only a technician: he is a deep thinker, strategist and inspirational leader of teams – recognised as such within several books including Alastair Campbell’s “Winners and How They Succeed”.
Paddy founded Zero Petroleum in 2020, with the ambition to direct his skills and experience towards the challenges of sustainable energy.
Paddy is the recipient of multiple awards for his achievements including Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Honorary Fellowship of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
Steve Sapsford joined the automotive consultancy, Ricardo, in 1986 after graduating in Mechanical Engineering from Southampton University and worked in technical roles focusing on analysis and simulation of internal combustion engines and transmission systems.
In 2007, he became the Global Product Group Director for all gasoline engine business and then the Global Market Sector Director for high performance vehicles. In 2014 he became the Business Strategy Director for the Technical Consulting business.
Steve left Ricardo in September 2018 to set up his own consultancy with a focus on future propulsions systems and the role for sustainable fuels in complementing electrification.
2014 Director Research & Operations, Deputy General Manager R&D Centre
2008 Senior Manager Advanced Technology Engineering
1999 Manager Research & Engineering
1997 Assistant Manager Research & Engineering
1990 Joined Mazda Motor Europe R&D as Research Engineer, responsible for various technology
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Education Degree in Air- and Spacecraft Engineering, University of Stuttgart (1990)
Languages German, English
Nationality German
Born January 28, 1961
Mark is a journalist with more than a decade of top-level experience in the automotive industry. He first joined Autocar in 2009, having previously worked in local newspapers. He has held several roles at Autocar, including news editor, deputy editor, digital editor and his current position of editor, one he has held since 2017.
From this position he oversees all of Autocar’s content across the print magazine, autocar.co.uk website, social media, video, and podcast channels, as well as our recent launch, Autocar Business. Mark regularly interviews the very top global executives in the automotive industry, telling their stories and holding them to account, meeting them at shows and events around the world.
Mark is a Car of the Year juror, a prestigious annual award that Autocar is one of the main sponsors of. He has made media appearances on the likes of the BBC, and contributed to titles including What Car?, Move Electric and Pistonheads, and also writes a regular column for The Sun.
He graduated from Norton College in Sheffield in 2008 with an NCTJ journalism qualification.