OUR TEAM
Meet some of the key people at Prodrive who are all leaders in their specialist fields bringing decades of experience and knowledge to every programme we run.
JOHN GAW
MANAGING DIRECTOR
John has run Prodrive Motorsport for the last ten years and oversees the entire operation. An experienced racing driver himself he understands the commercial needs of our customers and works with them to develop a long term business strategy that delivers results on and off the track.
DAVID LAPWORTH
R&D DIRECTOR
David Lapworth is one of the world's most respected rally engineers. In more than three decades at Prodrive he has engineered world championship-winning cars for Colin McRae, Richard Burns and Petter Solberg. He works closely with the engineering teams bringing invaluable experience and sits on a number of regulatory committees.
PAUL HOWARTH
HEAD OF OPERATIONS
Paul Howarth is one of the most experienced team managers in world motorsport having run the Subaru World Rally Team, MINI WRC Team, the Aston Martin Racing team and most recently Bahrain Raid Xtreme on the Dakar. He ensures that all aspects of the teams on and off event operation, run like clockwork from the logistics to race strategy and pit stops.
GUS BETELI
HEAD OF PERFROMANCE
Gus is responsible for the engineering teams. He oversees the BRX programmes Dakar/ W2RC and understands the technical needs of our customers and the requirement to develop high performance and reliable rally cars that deliver results. Having risen through the ranks at Prodrive from a support engineer, and worked with Aston Martin Racing and Team X44 in Extreme-E, on event Gus assumes the role of Team Principal.
PAUL DOE
CHIEF DESIGNER
Paul Doe was responsible for the design of the Prodrive Hunter Dakar T1 car, the most technologically advanced rallycross car ever created, the Megane RX and prior to that the MINI WRC.
RICHARD THOMPSON
GENERAL MANAGER, PRODRIVE LEGENDS
Richard is a hugely experienced motorsport engineer who has worked with across many of Prodrive's programmes, including running teams in FIA WRX and W2RC, as well as overseeing record breaking projects with our Subaru WR STI. Now heading our Prodrive Legends operation leading a team in the restoration of Prodrive built cars and other special operations.
OLIVER WOOD
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Having been with Prodrive almost a decade, Olly has been involved on the commercial side of various programmes. Currently leading the sales programme for the Prodrive Hunter he has been with the BRX project since its inception and now looks after all customer requirements including the customer Arrive & Drive events.
