Caterham has announced that Hari Roberts has joined the team as Head of Aerodynamics and will be working closely with Technical Director Mark Smith and Performance Director John Iley.

Roberts brings aerodynamic, trackside and simulation experience from his previous roles which includes working with Jordan, Renault and, most recently, the Lotus F1 Team, giving him the perfect platform to play an important role in Caterham F1 Team's long-term plans to challenge for honours.

"I am excited about the challenge that lies ahead with Caterham," said Roberts, "and I am delighted to have renewed my working partnership with Mark, and started a new partnership with the whole team. Caterham F1 Team has the potential to grow into a serious force in Formula One and I am looking forward to playing an integral role in helping the team fulfil its potential."

"I am delighted that Hari has joined our team," added Mark Smith, "particularly as his appointment extends an excellent working relationship that I have had with him over many years with teams including Jordan and Renault. He gives us more senior leadership in a critical area of the team's development and it is another sign of our shareholders' ongoing commitment to our team's growth that we have appointed someone of Hari's calibre to the role of Head of Aerodynamics.

"From a starting point of zero just over four years ago Hari now joins a team of over 120 very talented people in our Technical Office. We have also invested in such core areas as our dedicated model shop at Leafield, the ongoing development of our High Performance Cluster (HPC), which powers our CFD and design functions, and our driver in the loop simulator - all of which give us the tools needed to fight with the most famous names in motorsport in years to come."