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Deaths in motor racing these days are fortunately few and far between, but sadly I was working at Brands Hatch in 2009 when Henry Surtees, son of former F1 world champion John, was killed racing a Formula Two car. There’s no way I can talk about lowlights without mentioning, unquestionably the lowest point of my entire motor racing career. For many team members, particularly all of the guys back at the factory, the constructors title is the one which means the most and the chance to win it doesn’t come around too often! Lewis and Fernando squabbling with each other created a large split down the middle of our garage and in a year where the constructors championship was ours for the taking, to have it taken away by the FIA because of the stupidity of certain people, really hurt. Off track, a particular low for the whole team was the ‘spygate’ affair of 2007. There’s nothing worse than being less than a lap from victory when it happens!

Memorable ‘on track’ lows for me include Mika’s last lap clutch failure when leading the Spanish GP in 2001 and Kimi’s last lap suspension failure at the European GP 2005, also whilst leading the race.

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I know its a bit of a cliché, but everyone at each team, from the drivers to the factory cleaners, work so hard to even get their two cars on to the grid on a Sunday afternoon, that to see all that work become fruitless with a collision at turn 1 or a car failure, can be soul destroying. I know I would have happily forgone all the reliability issues and DNF’s that plagued our championship challenges and taken a comfortable race win at every event in a season! Having said that, Seb and his Red Bull team mates will see it differently.

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We knew how to celebrate too! When Kimi won the 2005 Japan GP, overtaking Fisichella on the very last lap and having started from 17th place, we went crazy and a somewhat excessive 3 day party duly ensued.įor many race fans the 2011 season will be remembered as being a little on the boring side due to Seb’s dominance of most races. We had a particularly close knit car crew and I include him in that, and every success we shared meant an awful lot to us all. I will say, that my time working with Kimi was brilliant. I’m trying to pick one favourite here, but just can’t as there are a handful of ‘ extra special’ race wins that took us all to the very top of that roller coaster and formed some of the highlights of my career.

I have my own family and with the calendar moving towards more and more races and with more and more of those being long haul, I wanted to be able to spend more time at home with them.

You spend so much time with the guys you work with, time away from home, that it almost becomes family-like and in the end that was one of the main reasons for calling it a day. It’s easy to become totally immersed in the Formula One ‘bubble’, a fast paced world of pretentiousness and fairytale finances, and lose touch, ever so slightly, with reality. Working as part of an F1 race team is much more than just a job, it really is a way of life. Marc Priestley: The decision to leave McLaren after so long was very difficult. Marc, impressive CV especially the McLaren years – immediate question is why did you leave them?

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2013 became TV pundit and part of Sky F1 team.

2010 freelancing in various roles including consultancy, public speaking and occasional GP2 mechanic.

2009 Joined Motor Sport Vision as Race Team Co-ordinator & Team Manager.

2009 McLaren Project leader and Co-ordinator.

2007 McLaren race team Number 1 mechanic.

2001-2006 McLaren race team Number 2 mechanic.

2000-2001 McLaren test team Number 2 mechanic.

1999-2000 Speedsport Formula 3 Number 1 mechanic & Orbit Motorsport Formula 3000 senior mechanic.

1997-1999 Chas Berger Motorsport mechanic.

1995 left Kent College with BTEC National Diploma – Motor Vehicle Engineering.

We are fortunate to have him reminisce about his days with the Woking team.īut before we move on here is a brief overview of his impressive motorsport credentials: Marc made his way to the summit of the sport through a long and arduous route from the ‘minor leagues’ to one of the most successful teams in the history of the sport – enjoying great triumphs and hard times along the way.