Mike Gascoyne
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Michael "Mike" Gascoyne (born 2 April 1963 in Norwich
, England
) is a designer of Formula One
cars. He is currently the Chief Technical Officer of Team Lotus.
Gascoyne has worked for several grand prix teams including McLaren, Sauber
and Tyrrell
. Most recently Gascoyne worked as technical director at Jordan
and Renault
, and joined the Toyota F1
team in December 2003. A salary reputed to be as high as $8 million per year (source F1 Racing
magazine, February 2005) made Gascoyne the highest paid engineer in Formula One, eclipsing far more successful Technical Directors such as Adrian Newey
and Ross Brawn
.
Gascoyne's highly confrontational and aggressive management style has earned him the nickname
"the rottweiler".
Mike currently lives in Oxfordshire with his post-divorce partner Silvi and his children Joel, Connie and Freddie Gascoyne.
, England
. He was brought up in Catton on the outskirts of Norwich and went to Wymondham College
before going to study for a Ph.D.
in fluid dynamics
at Cambridge University
(Churchill College) in 1982, although he did not complete his thesis
and so did not become Dr. Gascoyne. He was, however, active in his college Boat Club, as a successful coxswain
of Churchill's leading women's crew. After leaving Cambridge in 1988 he briefly worked for Westland System Assessment Limited, part of Westland Helicopters
, but maintained a keen desire to work in motor sport.
aerodynamicist but only remained with the team for a single year before joining Tyrrell
, who at the time were enjoying something of a renaissance
with Frenchman
Jean Alesi
at the wheel of the 019
chassis.
While at Tyrrell he worked for designer Harvey Postlethwaite
, who came to hold Gascoyne in such regard that when Postlethwaite departed in 1991 to design the Sauber
team's first Formula One car, he took the twenty-eight year old engineer with him to Switzerland
. Postlethwaite's stay with the Sauber team was short, but Gascoyne remained for the first season, his Sauber C13 chassis taking 12 points during 1993.
In late 1993 Postlethwaite returned to Tyrrell and invited Gascoyne to become Deputy Technical Director responsible for the design of the team's 1994 car. Gascoyne accepted and remained with the team for four years, although lack of money severely limited his ability to produce a competitive racing car. When Ken Tyrrell
announced his intention to sell to British American Tobacco
, Gascoyne was forced to leave in the knowledge that the re-named British American Racing
was to employ Malcolm Oastler
as Technical Director.
as Technical Director and immediately set about designing their 1999 car. The season was the team's most successful in its history, finishing third in the Constructors Championship and taking two race victories. Despite the 2000 season failing to deliver the same level of competitiveness, Gascoyne’s reputation as a capable Technical Director was secure.
, whose results had been in serious decline since the mid-1990s.
Gascoyne’s two-and-a-half seasons with Benetton
, and later Renault
, saw a marked improvement in the team's fortunes, culminating in victory at the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix
. By now however, the highly rated Technical Director had already been placed on gardening leave
by his French employers pending a move to Toyota F1
for an undisclosed financial settlement.
base of Toyota and began working on the 2004 car. With Formula One design timelines stretching back many months before the start of the season, he was unable to have full influence over many early decisions and the season proved to be a disappointment. In 2005 Toyota F1 had a budget allegedly similar to Ferrari
's and resources only a giant, multinational
car manufacturer can provide. It was Toyota's most successful season since they entered F1 and Gascoyne's aim for 2006 was high. The team's first victory and the championship were the next two steps. The early stages of the 2006 season proved to be a disappointment. Many observers had predicted race wins and possibly even a title challenge, but instead the team struggled with the new V8 engine and its effect on the car's aerodynamics
On 5 April 2006 Toyota announced that Gascoyne had been suspended from the Toyota F1 Team. Although he made no immediate comment regarding the apparent sacking, the Toyota team issued a statement citing a "fundamental difference of opinion with regard to the technical operations" and that Gascoyne had been suspended until further notice. On 6 April Gascoyne and Toyota parted company "amicably". Pascal Vasselon
became temporary Technical Director with immediate effect.
as Chief Technology Officer. He took up his new position in November 2006.
An updated version of the F8-VII
chassis was introduced at the 2007 Turkish Grand Prix
. It was the first Spyker car designed by Gascoyne and he stated the new car could be up to three quarters of a second per lap faster than the original F8-VII. Gascoyne's most memorable moment at Spyker was during the 2007 European Grand Prix
. While rain was in the air, Gascoyne told Markus Winkelhock
to come in during the formation lap to switch to intermediate tires. Moments later rain began pouring down and while all other drivers struggled to keep their car on the track, Winkelhock took the lead in his very first laps as a Formula One racedriver, a few laps before the race was aborted. Neither Spyker nor Winkelhock had ever led a Formula One Grand Prix previously. However, Winkelhock could not keep the lead after the restart and had to retire later in the race..
In 2008, Spyker became the Force India team after its sale to Vijay Mallya
. Gascoyne continued as Chief Technology Officer. After the 2008 Monaco Grand Prix
, Gascoyne lodged a protest against Kimi Räikkönen
after Räikkönen had lost control of his car and crashed into the suspension of Force India's Adrian Sutil, forcing Sutil to retire with 7 laps left of the team's first potential point-scoring position (4th). Räikkönen, who replaced a broken front wing and finished 9th, was unpunished beyond losing a potential 5th place in the race.
On 7 November 2008 it was announced that Gascoyne would no longer play any formal role at the team, with Force India owner Vijay Mallya taking full responsibility for running the team.
team to enter Formula One in 2010, under the Team Lotus
name. They failed to gain entry, but Gascoyne continued to work on the plans and got backing from the Malaysian government to form Lotus Racing. He is the Chief Technical Officer for the team, which gained entry for the season in September 2009. Gascoyne announced on October 2009 that he hoped the team could rival Brawn GP
's debut as they won the Constructors' Championship in their debut season, however he said the main objective was to get a car to Bahrain for 2010. On September 29th 2010 it was announced that Gascoyne had signed an extension to his contract, tying him to Lotus through 2015.
and temporarily replaced Eddie Jordan
on the BBC One
coverage of the 2009 Chinese Grand Prix
. In 2011, Gascoyne became president of the Cambridge Granta Cricket Club.
Norwich
Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
) is a designer of Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
cars. He is currently the Chief Technical Officer of Team Lotus.
Gascoyne has worked for several grand prix teams including McLaren, Sauber
Sauber
Sauber F1 Team is a Swiss Formula One team. It was founded in the 1970s by Peter Sauber, who progressed through hillclimbing and the World Sportscar Championship to reach Formula One in 1993....
and Tyrrell
Tyrrell Racing
The Tyrrell Racing Organisation was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell which started racing in 1958 and started building its own cars in 1970. The team experienced its greatest success in the early 1970s, when it won three drivers' championships and one...
. Most recently Gascoyne worked as technical director at Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
and Renault
Renault F1
Lotus Renault GP, formerly the Renault F1 Team, is a British Formula One racing team. The Oxfordshire-based team can trace its roots back through the Benetton team of the late 1980s and 1990s to the Toleman team of the early 1980s. Renault had also competed in various forms since , before taking...
, and joined the Toyota F1
Toyota F1
Panasonic Toyota Racing was a Formula One team owned by Japanese car manufacturer Toyota and based in Cologne, Germany. Toyota announced their plans to participate in F1 in 1999, and after extensive testing with their initial car, dubbed the TF101, the team made their debut in 2002...
team in December 2003. A salary reputed to be as high as $8 million per year (source F1 Racing
F1 Racing
F1 Racing is a monthly magazine focused on Formula One racing which launched in March, 1996.The previous Editor, Matt Bishop, also used to write a fortnightly column for the website of the weekly magazine Autosport...
magazine, February 2005) made Gascoyne the highest paid engineer in Formula One, eclipsing far more successful Technical Directors such as Adrian Newey
Adrian Newey
Adrian Newey is a notable Formula One engineer and widely regarded one of the great engineers in the sport's history. He is the only designer to have won Constructors Championships with three different Formula One teams...
and Ross Brawn
Ross Brawn
Ross James Brawn OBE is an English motorsport engineer and Formula One team principal. He has worked for a number of Formula One teams, serving as the technical director of the championship-winning Benetton and Ferrari teams. He took a sabbatical from the sport in 2007 but returned to F1 for the...
.
Gascoyne's highly confrontational and aggressive management style has earned him the nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
"the rottweiler".
Mike currently lives in Oxfordshire with his post-divorce partner Silvi and his children Joel, Connie and Freddie Gascoyne.
Early career
Mike Gascoyne was born in NorfolkNorfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. He was brought up in Catton on the outskirts of Norwich and went to Wymondham College
Wymondham College
Wymondham College is a state boarding school, located in Norfolk, England, which was the largest in Europe when it opened in 1951.-Admissions:...
before going to study for a Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
in fluid dynamics
Fluid dynamics
In physics, fluid dynamics is a sub-discipline of fluid mechanics that deals with fluid flow—the natural science of fluids in motion. It has several subdisciplines itself, including aerodynamics and hydrodynamics...
at Cambridge University
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
(Churchill College) in 1982, although he did not complete his thesis
Thesis
A dissertation or thesis is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings...
and so did not become Dr. Gascoyne. He was, however, active in his college Boat Club, as a successful coxswain
Coxswain
The coxswain is the person in charge of a boat, particularly its navigation and steering. The etymology of the word gives us a literal meaning of "boat servant" since it comes from cox, a coxboat or other small vessel kept aboard a ship, and swain, which can be rendered as boy, in authority. ...
of Churchill's leading women's crew. After leaving Cambridge in 1988 he briefly worked for Westland System Assessment Limited, part of Westland Helicopters
Westland Helicopters
Westland Helicopters was a British aerospace company. Originally Westland Aircraft, the company focused on helicopters after the Second World War. It merged with several other British firms in 1961...
, but maintained a keen desire to work in motor sport.
Early roles
In 1989 he joined McLaren as a wind tunnelWind tunnel
A wind tunnel is a research tool used in aerodynamic research to study the effects of air moving past solid objects.-Theory of operation:Wind tunnels were first proposed as a means of studying vehicles in free flight...
aerodynamicist but only remained with the team for a single year before joining Tyrrell
Tyrrell Racing
The Tyrrell Racing Organisation was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell which started racing in 1958 and started building its own cars in 1970. The team experienced its greatest success in the early 1970s, when it won three drivers' championships and one...
, who at the time were enjoying something of a renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
with Frenchman
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Jean Alesi
Jean Alesi
Jean Alesi is a French racing driver of Italian origin. His Formula One career included spells at Tyrrell, Benetton, Sauber, Prost, Jordan and most notably Ferrari where he proved very popular among the tifosi...
at the wheel of the 019
Tyrrell 019
The Tyrrell 019 was a Formula One racing car, designed by a team led by Harvey Postlethwaite, and built by Tyrrell. It was an evolution of Postlethwaite's first design for Tyrrell, the Tyrrell 018....
chassis.
While at Tyrrell he worked for designer Harvey Postlethwaite
Harvey Postlethwaite
Harvey Postlethwaite was a British engineer and Technical Director of several Formula One teams during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He died of a heart attack in Spain while supervising the testing of the abortive Honda F1 project...
, who came to hold Gascoyne in such regard that when Postlethwaite departed in 1991 to design the Sauber
Sauber
Sauber F1 Team is a Swiss Formula One team. It was founded in the 1970s by Peter Sauber, who progressed through hillclimbing and the World Sportscar Championship to reach Formula One in 1993....
team's first Formula One car, he took the twenty-eight year old engineer with him to Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. Postlethwaite's stay with the Sauber team was short, but Gascoyne remained for the first season, his Sauber C13 chassis taking 12 points during 1993.
In late 1993 Postlethwaite returned to Tyrrell and invited Gascoyne to become Deputy Technical Director responsible for the design of the team's 1994 car. Gascoyne accepted and remained with the team for four years, although lack of money severely limited his ability to produce a competitive racing car. When Ken Tyrrell
Ken Tyrrell
Robert Kenneth "Ken" Tyrrell was a British Formula Two racing driver and the founder of the Tyrrell Formula One constructor.-Biography:...
announced his intention to sell to British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco p.l.c. is a global tobacco company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s second largest quoted tobacco company by global market share , with a leading position in more than 50 countries and a presence in more than 180 countries...
, Gascoyne was forced to leave in the knowledge that the re-named British American Racing
British American Racing
British American Racing was a Formula One constructor that competed in the sport from 1999 to 2005. BAR began by acquiring Tyrrell, and used Supertec engines for their first year...
was to employ Malcolm Oastler
Malcolm Oastler
Malcolm Oastler is the former technical director of Formula One team BAR, former chief engineer for Jaguar Racing, and designer of many race cars....
as Technical Director.
Jordan Grand Prix
In June 1998 Gascoyne joined Jordan Grand PrixJordan Grand Prix
Jordan Grand Prix was a Formula One constructor that competed from 1991 to 2005. The team is named after Irish businessman and founder Eddie Jordan...
as Technical Director and immediately set about designing their 1999 car. The season was the team's most successful in its history, finishing third in the Constructors Championship and taking two race victories. Despite the 2000 season failing to deliver the same level of competitiveness, Gascoyne’s reputation as a capable Technical Director was secure.
Benetton/Renault F1
Shortly before the start of the 2001 season he moved to BenettonBenetton Formula
Benetton Formula Ltd., commonly referred to simply as Benetton, was a Formula One constructor that participated from to . The team was owned by the Benetton family who run a worldwide chain of clothing stores of the same name. In 2000 the team was purchased by Renault, but competed as Benetton for...
, whose results had been in serious decline since the mid-1990s.
Gascoyne’s two-and-a-half seasons with Benetton
Benetton Formula
Benetton Formula Ltd., commonly referred to simply as Benetton, was a Formula One constructor that participated from to . The team was owned by the Benetton family who run a worldwide chain of clothing stores of the same name. In 2000 the team was purchased by Renault, but competed as Benetton for...
, and later Renault
Renault F1
Lotus Renault GP, formerly the Renault F1 Team, is a British Formula One racing team. The Oxfordshire-based team can trace its roots back through the Benetton team of the late 1980s and 1990s to the Toleman team of the early 1980s. Renault had also competed in various forms since , before taking...
, saw a marked improvement in the team's fortunes, culminating in victory at the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix
2003 Hungarian Grand Prix
The 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on August 24, 2003 at the Hungaroring. It was won by Renault's Fernando Alonso from pole, becoming at the time the youngest ever driver to win a Grand Prix, beating the previous record of Bruce McLaren...
. By now however, the highly rated Technical Director had already been placed on gardening leave
Gardening leave
Garden leave describes the practice whereby an employee who is leaving a job is instructed to stay away from work during the notice period, while still remaining on the payroll...
by his French employers pending a move to Toyota F1
Toyota F1
Panasonic Toyota Racing was a Formula One team owned by Japanese car manufacturer Toyota and based in Cologne, Germany. Toyota announced their plans to participate in F1 in 1999, and after extensive testing with their initial car, dubbed the TF101, the team made their debut in 2002...
for an undisclosed financial settlement.
Toyota
In December 2003 Gascoyne made his move to the CologneCologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
base of Toyota and began working on the 2004 car. With Formula One design timelines stretching back many months before the start of the season, he was unable to have full influence over many early decisions and the season proved to be a disappointment. In 2005 Toyota F1 had a budget allegedly similar to Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing....
's and resources only a giant, multinational
Multinational corporation
A multi national corporation or enterprise , is a corporation or an enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can also be referred to as an international corporation...
car manufacturer can provide. It was Toyota's most successful season since they entered F1 and Gascoyne's aim for 2006 was high. The team's first victory and the championship were the next two steps. The early stages of the 2006 season proved to be a disappointment. Many observers had predicted race wins and possibly even a title challenge, but instead the team struggled with the new V8 engine and its effect on the car's aerodynamics
On 5 April 2006 Toyota announced that Gascoyne had been suspended from the Toyota F1 Team. Although he made no immediate comment regarding the apparent sacking, the Toyota team issued a statement citing a "fundamental difference of opinion with regard to the technical operations" and that Gascoyne had been suspended until further notice. On 6 April Gascoyne and Toyota parted company "amicably". Pascal Vasselon
Pascal Vasselon
Pascal Vasselon was the Senior General Manager Chassis of the Panasonic Toyota Formula 1 team, based at Toyota Motorsport GmbH. When he joined Toyota F1, he was the Head of Development and Research Chassis prior to his 2006 promotion. Before being involved with Toyota, Vasselon held many positions...
became temporary Technical Director with immediate effect.
Spyker/Force India
In September 2006 Gascoyne was signed by Spyker F1Spyker F1
Spyker F1 Team was a Formula One team that competed in the 2007 Formula One World Championship, and was created by Spyker Cars after their buyout of the short-lived Midland F1 team...
as Chief Technology Officer. He took up his new position in November 2006.
An updated version of the F8-VII
Spyker F8-VII
The Spyker F8-VII was a Formula One car, constructed by Spyker F1 that competed in the 2007 Formula One World Championship. A "B Specification" car named the Spyker F8-VIIB was launched at the Italian Grand Prix and used for the remainder of the 2007 season...
chassis was introduced at the 2007 Turkish Grand Prix
2007 Turkish Grand Prix
The 2007 Turkish Grand Prix was the twelfth race of the 2007 Formula One season. Won by Felipe Massa, it was held from 24 to August 26 at the Istanbul Park in Istanbul. It was the third time a Formula One race had been held here...
. It was the first Spyker car designed by Gascoyne and he stated the new car could be up to three quarters of a second per lap faster than the original F8-VII. Gascoyne's most memorable moment at Spyker was during the 2007 European Grand Prix
2007 European Grand Prix
The 2007 European Grand Prix was the tenth race of the 2007 Formula One season. It was held from 20 to July 22 at the Nürburgring....
. While rain was in the air, Gascoyne told Markus Winkelhock
Markus Winkelhock
Markus Winkelhock is a German racing driver, who has taken part in one Formula One Grand Prix, which he briefly led...
to come in during the formation lap to switch to intermediate tires. Moments later rain began pouring down and while all other drivers struggled to keep their car on the track, Winkelhock took the lead in his very first laps as a Formula One racedriver, a few laps before the race was aborted. Neither Spyker nor Winkelhock had ever led a Formula One Grand Prix previously. However, Winkelhock could not keep the lead after the restart and had to retire later in the race..
In 2008, Spyker became the Force India team after its sale to Vijay Mallya
Vijay Mallya
Vijay Mallya is an Indian liquor and airline baron. The son of industrialist Vittal Mallya, he is the chairman of the United Breweries Group and Kingfisher Airlines. His United Spirits is world's second largest liquor maker, by volume...
. Gascoyne continued as Chief Technology Officer. After the 2008 Monaco Grand Prix
2008 Monaco Grand Prix
The 2008 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on May 25, 2008, at the Circuit de Monaco; contested over 76 laps, it was the sixth race of the 2008 Formula One season. The race was won by the season's eventual Drivers' Champion, Lewis Hamilton, for the McLaren team...
, Gascoyne lodged a protest against Kimi Räikkönen
Kimi Räikkönen
Kimi Matias Räikkönen , nicknamed Iceman, is a Finnish racing driver, who will drive in Formula One for Lotus in . After nine seasons racing in Formula One, in which he took the Formula One World Drivers' Championship, he competed in the World Rally Championship from 2009-2011.Räikkönen entered...
after Räikkönen had lost control of his car and crashed into the suspension of Force India's Adrian Sutil, forcing Sutil to retire with 7 laps left of the team's first potential point-scoring position (4th). Räikkönen, who replaced a broken front wing and finished 9th, was unpunished beyond losing a potential 5th place in the race.
On 7 November 2008 it was announced that Gascoyne would no longer play any formal role at the team, with Force India owner Vijay Mallya taking full responsibility for running the team.
Lotus Racing/Team Lotus (2009 - present)
In 2009 Gascoyne was part of plans by the Litespeed F3Litespeed F3
Litespeed F3 is a Norfolk UK based F3 team formed by directors who have over 25 years of race experience at all levels up to and including Formula One and Formula Three...
team to enter Formula One in 2010, under the Team Lotus
Team Lotus
Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport series including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, IndyCar and sports car racing...
name. They failed to gain entry, but Gascoyne continued to work on the plans and got backing from the Malaysian government to form Lotus Racing. He is the Chief Technical Officer for the team, which gained entry for the season in September 2009. Gascoyne announced on October 2009 that he hoped the team could rival Brawn GP
Brawn GP
Brawn GP Formula One Team, the trading name of Brawn GP Limited, was a Formula One motor racing team and constructor, created by a management buyout of Honda Racing F1 Team. It only competed in the 2009 Formula One World Championship, with drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. The team...
's debut as they won the Constructors' Championship in their debut season, however he said the main objective was to get a car to Bahrain for 2010. On September 29th 2010 it was announced that Gascoyne had signed an extension to his contract, tying him to Lotus through 2015.
Other activities
Gascoyne writes columns for several magazines. Gascoyne commentated for BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra on the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix2009 Malaysian Grand Prix
The 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on April 5, 2009 at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia. It was the second race of the 2009 Formula One season. The race was due to be contested over 56 laps, but due to torrential rain, the race was stopped after...
and temporarily replaced Eddie Jordan
Eddie Jordan
Edmund "Eddie" Jordan also known as "EJ" founded and owned Jordan Grand Prix, a Formula One constructor which operated from 1991 to 2005...
on the BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
coverage of the 2009 Chinese Grand Prix
2009 Chinese Grand Prix
The 2009 Chinese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on April 19, 2009 at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It was the third race of the 2009 Formula One season, a change from previous years, when it took place towards the end of the season.Sebastian...
. In 2011, Gascoyne became president of the Cambridge Granta Cricket Club.