What is Robin Herd?
[[File:Robin Herd (Apr 1971 Barcelona).JPG|thumb|180px|Herd in April 1971]] '''Robin Herd''' {{Small|[[CBE]]}} (23 March 1939 – 4 June 2019) was a [[British people|British]] engineer, designer and businessman. He was born in [[Newton-le-Willows]], [[Lancashire]]. He studied at [[St Peter's College, Oxford]]. He is best known as a co-founder of [[March Engineering]], a [[Formula One]] (F1) constructor. Before March Engineering, Herd notably worked for [[McLaren]] and [[Cosworth]]. March Engineering completed 207 F1 Grand Prix races between 1970 and 1992, winning three with four pole positions. The team was successful in [[Formula Two]] and [[IndyCar]] races, with March cars winning the [[Indianapolis 500]] for five years in a row from 1983 to 1987. Herd sold March Racing in 1989 and created Robin Herd Ltd., a design office in [[Bicester]]. He quit racing in 1995 and bought [[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United Football Club]]. He served as the club's chairman until 1998. Herd died on 4 June 2019, at the age of 80.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/143908/march-cofounder-robin-herd-dies|title=March Formula 1 team co-founder Robin Herd dies aged 80|author=Cooper, Adam|date=6 June 2019|access-date=7 June 2019|website=Autosport}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Commons category}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Herd, Robin}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]] [[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:English businesspeople]] [[Category:Formula One people]] [[Category:People from Lancashire]]