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About Tony Southgate
- Tony Southgate (born 25 May 1940, Coventry, England) is a British engineer and former racing car designer.
- He designed many successful cars, including Jaguar's Le Mans-winning XJR-9, and cars for almost every type of circuit racing.
- He was responsible for the chassis design of Ford's RS200 Group B rally car.
- Southgate was employed as chief designer or technical director for many Formula One teams for over twenty years.
- These teams included BRM, Shadow and Arrows.
- Southgate retired after producing the Audi R8C, which was a major influence in the Bentley Speed 8, which won Le Mans in 2003.
- He continues to be a regular visitor to current and historic race meetings. Southgate is the only chief engineer to have won the Triple Crown of Motorsport with his cars: Indianapolis 500 with Eagle TG2 in 1968, the Monaco Grand Prix with the BRM P160B and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1988 and 1990 with Jaguar XJR-9 and Jaguar XJR-12.
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