Rory Byrne (born 10 January 1944, Pretoria, South Africa) is a South African engineer and car designer, most famous for being the chief designer at the Benetton and Scuderia Ferrari Formula One teams.
Since joining Ferrari in 1997 Byrne designed cars have won over seventy Grands Prix, seven constructors titles and six drivers titles. This outstanding record of success made Byrne the most successful Formula One designer of the last decade, narrowly eclipsing rival Adrian Newey, until the latter retook his lead with his successes in 2010, 2011 and 2012 with Red Bull.
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