Talk:Alastair Caldwell

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Discussion about Role in McLaren[edit]

With respect to :
"He then rose to be what would now be called the technical director of the team."
Reading the Reference given this is his opinion of his Role.
In the relevant years John Player Motorsport Yearbooks listing of Personnel Caldwell's Role is listed as :

1972 Personnel John Player Motorsport Yearbook 1973
Team Directors: Teddy Mayer and Phil Kerr
Chief Engineer: Tyler Alexander
Chief Designer: Gordon Coppuck
Chief Mechanic F1: Alistair Caldwell

1973 John Player Motorsport Yearbook 1974
Team Directors: Teddy Mayer (Marlboro Team Texaco) and Phil Kerr (Yardley)
Engineering Director: Tyler Alexander
Chief Designer: Gordon Coppuck
Team Manager: Alistair Caldwell (Marlboro Team Texaco)

1974 John Player Motorsport Yearbook 1975
Team Directors: Teddy Mayer (Marlboro Team Texaco) and Phil Kerr (Yardley)
Chief Designer: Gordon Coppuck
Team Manager: Alistair Caldwell (Marlboro Team Texaco) Rob Walker (Yardley)

1975 - Taken from John Player Motorsport Yearbook 1976
Team Director: Teddy Mayer
Chief Designer: Gordon Coppuck
Team Manager: Alistair Caldwell
Chief Mechanic: David Luff

1976 Taken from International Motor Racing 1977
Managing Director: Teddy Mayer
Design Staff: Gordon Coppuck (Chief), John Baldwin (Assistant)
Engineering Staff: Don Beresford, Leo Wybrott
Team Manager: Alistair Caldwell

1977 - Taken from International Motor Racing 1978
Managing Director: Teddy Mayer
Design Staff: Gordon Coppuck (Chief), Tim Wright (Assistant)
Engineering Staff: Don Beresford, Leo Wybrott
Team Manager: Alistair Caldwell

Given that Wikpedia isn't about opinion and that one of the senior Design Personnel listed ( namely Gordon Coppuck ) would more accurately fit the Role description of a Technical Director shouldn't the above statement be clarified as his opinion or edited to reflect the published data? Dora Domino (talk) 14:47, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]