Jock Clear (born 12 September 1963)[1] is an English senior performance engineer working for Scuderia Ferrari, where he is currently the driver coach for Charles Leclerc,[2] alongside Calum MacDonald for Carlos Sainz Jr. Before moving to Ferrari, he worked at Mercedes, where he was the performance engineer for Lewis Hamilton (2013–14) and Michael Schumacher (2011–12).
He was also the race engineer for Nico Rosberg (2010–2011), Rubens Barrichello (2006–2009), Takuma Sato (2003–2005), Jacques Villeneuve (1996–2003), David Coulthard (1995) and Johnny Herbert (1994).
When Lotus collapsed at the end of the year, he transferred to Williams F1 and engineered David Coulthard,[6] who won his first Grand Prix in Portugal and finished third in the drivers' championship.
Takuma Sato took up the vacant seat[9] and drove to sixth position on his racing debut with the team.
[1] After the team became Brawn GP in 2009,[12] Barrichello won the European[13] and Italian Grands Prix[14] and finished in third place in the World Championship.