{"id":498227,"date":"2019-06-06T13:28:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T20:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=81005"},"modified":"2024-05-31T13:30:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T13:30:56","slug":"march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"March Co-Founder Robin Herd Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Formula One designer and March Engineering co-founder Robin Herd has passed away at the age of 80.<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from Oxford university with degrees in engineering and physics, Herd went to work in the British aerospace industry, where he initially worked on the supersonic Concorde project. However, by 1965, the racing bug had taken over and Herd accepted an offer to go to work for Bruce McLaren, where one of his first projects was the design of the 1966 M2A\/M2B Formula One car.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"The Wing Man - Robin Herd\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4zsgWyFgjAw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"The Wing Man - Robin Herd\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4zsgWyFgjAw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After several years with McLaren, Herd left to go to work at Cosworth on the engine builder\u2019s ultimately failed 4-wheel-drive Formula One project. But after a brief stint working with Frank Williams, Herd joined forces with Max Mosley, Alan Rees and Graham Coaker to form their own company, March Engineering.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_714023\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-714023\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DRB_6792-e1559852799491-241x247-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-714023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DRB_6792-e1559852799491-241x247-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DRB_6792-e1559852799491-241x247-1.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DRB_6792-e1559852799491-241x247-1-98x100.jpg 98w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-714023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Max Mosley (left), Alan Rees (center) and Robin Herd, in 1970.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Herd and March\u2019s first racecar was the model 693 Formula 3 car, in 1969, but by 1970 March had jumped headfirst into the Formula One circus with the introduction of its unconventional-looking 701. Though the new F1 car may have looked ungainly, it was fast, and claimed the pole position for its very first race in 1970, followed by its first victory, in the hands of up-and-comer Jackie Stewart in just its second outing. From there, Herd and March seemed to move from strength to strength.<\/p>\n<p>In the subsequent years, March would expand to construct racecars for F1, as well as F2, F3, FF, Can-Am and a host of other categories. While the team\u2019s fortunes in Formula One fizzled out by the early \u201980s, March and Herd\u2019s designs would find newfound success in the United States Indycar scene, where Marches would win the Indy 500 from 1983\u20131987. By the end of the 1980s, March\u2019s financial situation had soured to the point that, after a series of bail-out attempts, the company eventually folded. Herd would go on to do consulting for a number of years, before pursuing other interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formula One designer and March Engineering co-founder Robin Herd has passed away at the age of 80. After graduating from Oxford university with degrees in engineering and physics, Herd went to work in the British aerospace industry, where he initially worked on the supersonic Concorde project. However, by 1965, the racing bug had taken over and Herd accepted an offer to go to work for Bruce McLaren, where one of his first projects was the design of the 1966 M2A\/M2B [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":714020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,17166,255,18114],"tags":[11324,18435,13571,18105],"class_list":["post-498227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-march","category-news","category-people","tag-march","tag-people","tag-robin-herd","tag-people-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>March Co-Founder Robin Herd Passes Away<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Formula One designer and March Engineering co-founder Robin Herd has passed away at the age of 80.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"March Co-Founder Robin Herd Passes Away\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Formula One designer and March Engineering co-founder Robin Herd has passed away at the age of 80.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-06T20:28:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-31T13:30:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DRB_6790-e1559852694256-770x398-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"398\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Casey Annis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Casey Annis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Casey Annis\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02825f2c90f727d91e873a83f18cbd9f\"},\"headline\":\"March Co-Founder Robin Herd Passes Away\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-06T20:28:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-31T13:30:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":348,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/DRB_6790-e1559852694256-770x398-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"March\",\"People\",\"People (Robin Herd)\",\"People News\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Car Culture\",\"March\",\"News\",\"People\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\\\/\",\"name\":\"March Co-Founder Robin Herd Passes Away\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/DRB_6790-e1559852694256-770x398-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-06T20:28:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-31T13:30:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02825f2c90f727d91e873a83f18cbd9f\"},\"description\":\"Formula One designer and March Engineering co-founder Robin Herd has passed away at the age of 80.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/DRB_6790-e1559852694256-770x398-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/DRB_6790-e1559852694256-770x398-1.jpg\",\"width\":770,\"height\":398},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"March Co-Founder Robin Herd Passes Away\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Supercars.net\",\"description\":\"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02825f2c90f727d91e873a83f18cbd9f\",\"name\":\"Casey Annis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/CaseyMonaco-1-293x293.jpeg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/CaseyMonaco-1-293x293.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/CaseyMonaco-1-293x293.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"Casey Annis\"},\"description\":\"Casey M. Annis is the Founder and Editor of Vintage Racecar\\\/Vintage Roadcar magazine, the Petersen Museum\u2019s Finish Line and Petersen Quarterly, Alfa Owner, and The Oily Rag magazines. He founded Parabolica Publishing in 1997 after a career in biology, anatomy and neurobiology. Along with this passion for automobiles Casey is a long distance open-ocean paddleboard racer who\u2019s competed in the 32-mile Catalina to Manhattan Beach race and the 32-mile Molokai to Oahu race. Casey contributes and writes about the world of vintage road and race cars.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vintageracecar.com\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/caseyannis-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"March Co-Founder Robin Herd Passes Away","description":"Formula One designer and March Engineering co-founder Robin Herd has passed away at the age of 80.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"March Co-Founder Robin Herd Passes Away","og_description":"Formula One designer and March Engineering co-founder Robin Herd has passed away at the age of 80.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\/","og_site_name":"Supercars.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/","article_published_time":"2019-06-06T20:28:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-31T13:30:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":770,"height":398,"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DRB_6790-e1559852694256-770x398-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Casey Annis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@supercars_net","twitter_site":"@supercars_net","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Casey Annis","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\/"},"author":{"name":"Casey Annis","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/02825f2c90f727d91e873a83f18cbd9f"},"headline":"March Co-Founder Robin Herd Passes Away","datePublished":"2019-06-06T20:28:35+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-31T13:30:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\/"},"wordCount":348,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DRB_6790-e1559852694256-770x398-1.jpg","keywords":["March","People","People (Robin Herd)","People News"],"articleSection":["Car Culture","March","News","People"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\/","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\/","name":"March Co-Founder Robin Herd Passes Away","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DRB_6790-e1559852694256-770x398-1.jpg","datePublished":"2019-06-06T20:28:35+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-31T13:30:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/02825f2c90f727d91e873a83f18cbd9f"},"description":"Formula One designer and March Engineering co-founder Robin Herd has passed away at the age of 80.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DRB_6790-e1559852694256-770x398-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DRB_6790-e1559852694256-770x398-1.jpg","width":770,"height":398},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/march-co-founder-robin-herd-passes-away\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"March Co-Founder Robin Herd Passes Away"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/","name":"Supercars.net","description":"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/02825f2c90f727d91e873a83f18cbd9f","name":"Casey Annis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CaseyMonaco-1-293x293.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CaseyMonaco-1-293x293.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CaseyMonaco-1-293x293.jpeg","caption":"Casey Annis"},"description":"Casey M. Annis is the Founder and Editor of Vintage Racecar\/Vintage Roadcar magazine, the Petersen Museum\u2019s Finish Line and Petersen Quarterly, Alfa Owner, and The Oily Rag magazines. He founded Parabolica Publishing in 1997 after a career in biology, anatomy and neurobiology. Along with this passion for automobiles Casey is a long distance open-ocean paddleboard racer who\u2019s competed in the 32-mile Catalina to Manhattan Beach race and the 32-mile Molokai to Oahu race. Casey contributes and writes about the world of vintage road and race cars.","sameAs":["https:\/\/vintageracecar.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/author\/caseyannis-2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}