{"id":597401,"date":"2026-04-10T07:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T07:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/597401\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T07:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T07:15:13","slug":"supercars-news-tickford-racing-signs-le-mans-winning-engineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/597401\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Tickford Racing signs Le Mans-winning engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rafa\u0142 Pokora-Lewandowski is on the ground with the Ford Supercars squad at Taupo this weekend in what is currently defined as a data engineer role.<\/p>\n

The Poland native arrives off the back of a successful career in Europe, which included a long stint working for Toyota on its factory motorsport program.<\/p>\n

During his time with Toyota he oversaw two Le Mans wins with Fernando Alonso, Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima in 2018 and 2019.<\/p>\n

Pokora-Lewandowski\u2019s arrival at Tickford is timely thanks to a last-minute personnel curveball that was thrown at the team this week when technical director Brad Wischusen was unable to travel to New Zealand due to personal reasons.<\/p>\n

Wischusen will offer remote support across the weekend, while Pokora-Lewandowski adds another pair of hands at the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve introduced a new performance engineer in Rafal, so that\u2019s a good test for us,\u201d explained Tickford Racing CEO Simon Brookhouse.<\/p>\n

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\u201cUnfortunately Brad Wischusen is not here this weekend, his wife\u2019s got some medical issues, he\u2019s had to stay home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe might have our challenges there, but no doubt [Wischusen] will be online back home when we need him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wischusen is expected to return to the paddock for next weekend\u2019s Christchurch Super440.<\/p>\n


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