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Mike Gascoyne

Michael "Mike" Gascoyne (born 2 April 1963 in Norwich, England) is a designer of Formula One cars. He is currently the chief Technical officer of the Caterham Group and focusing on his role as CEO of Caterham Technology and Caterham Composites.Gascoyne has worked for numerous Grand Prix teams including McLaren, Sauber, Tyrrell, Jordan, Renault, Toyota, Spyker (later known as Force India) and in September 2009 with a confirmed entry by the FIA Gascoyne supported by the shareholders Tony Fernandes, Din Kamarudin and SM Nasarudin set up the then called Lotus Racing Team, that would later become the Caterham F1 Team. He is now the Chief Technical Officer for the Caterham Group.Gascoyne's "no nonsense" management style has proven to be very successful in setting up projects from scratch and turning around struggling teams.His nickname "the rottweiler" originates from his time at Tyrrell working under his mentor Harvey Postlethwaite. Gascoyne was originally called "Harvey's pit bull" by a truckie called "Jolly" but this was later changed to "the rottweiler" and has stuck with him ever since.Gascoyne currently lives in Oxfordshire and Norfolk with his partner Silvi and his children Joel, Connie and Freddie Gascoyne.