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Frank Coppuck

Frank Coppuck. Copyright The Boshier and Tyrrell archive. Used with Permission, 2021.

Frank Coppuck. Copyright The Boshier and Tyrrell archive. Used with Permission, 2021.

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Born:

21 Mar 1958
Guildford, Surrey

Nationality:

Great Britain

Teams:

Lotus, Pacific (1991-1995)

Engineer, last involved with Formula 1 with Benetton, in 1996. He then joined TOM's GB and from there on went into GT racing as a designer. He now works on and designs historic race-cars and is also involved with Gordon Murray's road car plans. Frank holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical and aeronautical engineering and this led to him working at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough as an aircraft engineer. He then worked for British Aerospace as an aircraft wing designer and composites engineering. He moved into racing in 1985, initially with the FORCE Lola team, before joining Tyrrell and the March-Alfa Romeo Indycar teams and also worked for Dick Simon's Indycar team.

Biography last updated 10 Aug 2023