Mark Smith (born 9 March 1961)[1] is a British former technical director of the Sauber Formula One team.

He left school to undertake a technical apprenticeship with GKN Automotive who sponsored him to undertake a mechanical engineering degree course at the Wolverhampton Polytechnic, from which he graduated with a first-class honours degree in 1984.

Having participated in motocross as a youngster, Smith subsequently developed an interest in Formula One.

His first job in the motorsport industry was in 1988 at Comtec, the composites wing of March Engineering.

Smith was appointed technical director of Sauber F1 Team on 13 July 2015 but left the team a few days before the first race of the 2016 season, with Sauber announcing that he was returning to the UK for "family reasons".