F1 engineer and ground-effect pioneer Peter Wright dies aged 79

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    Visionary British engineer and technical journalist Peter Wright has died at the age of 79.
    Wright exercised a quiet but profound influence on the world of motor racing, far beyond the innovation with which he is chiefly associated, ground-effect aerodynamics. After graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1967 with a degree in mechanical engineering, he secured is first job in motorsport ...Keep reading
     

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