Jo Ramirez
An illustrious career in the pit lane as mechanic, team manager and co-ordinator, spanning four decades and several teams, including Tyrrell and McLaren.
He left Mexico in 1962 bound for Italy as he looked to pursue a motor racing career. Through Mexican F1 driver Ricardo Rodriguez, Ramirez managed to get a job as the Ferrari team’s ‘Gopher’ before taking a role with Maserati working in sport-prototype cars.
In 1964, he moved to England to work at Ford Advanced Vehicles and then secured a job with Dan Gurney’s Eagle F1 project. He secured his first F1 win at the Belgian GP in 1967.
During his 17 years at McLaren, he worked with Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Keke Rosberg, Gerhard Berger, Nigel Mansell, Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard winning 10 Drivers’ World Championships and seven Constructors’ Championships.