Patrick Bruce Reith "Pat" Symonds (born 11 June 1953) is a British motor racing engineer. He was the Chief Technical Officer at Williams Grand Prix Engineering, from 2013 until 2016, having previously worked at the Benetton, Renault and Virgin Formula One teams. In 2008, following the Crashgate scandal involving the Renault team, he was suspended from Formula One events for 5 years, whilst Flavio Briatore was banned indefinitely. At the end of his suspension, Symonds returned in 2013 at Williams, becoming its Chief technical officer.