Motorsport Team
Meet some of the key people in our Prodrive Motorsport team. All leaders in their specialist fields, they bring decades of experience and knowledge to every programme we run.
David Lapworth
R&D Director
David Lapworth is one of the world’s most respected rally engineers. In four decades at Prodrive he has engineered world championship-winning cars for Colin McRae, Richard Burns and Petter Solberg. He works closely with the engineering teams bringing invaluable experience and sits on a number of regulatory committees.
Paul Howarth
Performance Director
Paul has worked on nearly every one of our motorsport programmes over the last 35 years across both Rally and Track. Paul has led successful teams including Subaru, MINI, and Aston Martin Racing. Today he is instrumental in driving the performance of our Rally-Raid programmes at the highest levels.
Arthur Shaw
Engineering Director
Arthur leads the development of the engines for our race and rally cars. Most recently he has created the V6 Turbo engine for the Prodrive Hunter, the V8 turbo for the Aston Martin Vantage GTE and prior to that the fully bespoke engine for the Megane RX.
Paul Doe
Vehicle Director
Paul Doe has involved in the design of most motorsport projects since first joining Prodrive in 2007. First as Chief Designer and then as head of the Vehicle team since 2021 Paul has been involved with the design of the MINI WRC, the Renault Megane RX, and various generations of the Aston Martin Vantage. Recently he has worked on the Prodrive Hunter T1 / T1+ as well as the new Dacia Sandrider.
Matt French
Operations Director
Matt has worked across the Prodrive Group for almost 30 years including WRC programmes for Subaru and MINI, to special Advanced Technology projects with McLaren and Jaguar Land Rover. Having worked with works and customer teams, he now ensures that all aspects of our Motorsport production and manufacturing operations run like clockwork.
Richard Taylor
Business Development Director
Responsible for shaping the contracts with all of our OEM partners, teams, drivers, sponsors and customers. Having worked in a practical or commercial aspect on every Prodrive motorsport programme since 1987, including BMW, Subaru, MINI, Aston Martin Racing, WRX, Bahrain Raid Xtreme and Dacia, Richard has previously held positions as Sales Director and Managing Director for the Subaru World Rally Team.
Huw Tasker
Commercial Director
For the last eight years, Huw has worked directly on Aston Marin Racing programmes, whilst also supporting our other Motorsport programmes on commercial aspects. Huw manages key manufacturer relationships to ensure that partners’ commercial objectives are understood, met and exceeded to deliver high-performing race and rally results both on and away from the track or stage.