Luca Furbatto

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Luca Furbatto
Born (1972-05-11) 11 May 1972 (age 51)
Nationality
Aston Martin F1 Team
Known forFormula One engineer
TitleEngineering director

Luca Furbatto (born 11 May 1972)

Aston Martin Formula One
team.

Biography

After working graduating in mechanical engineering at the

In 2001, he moved to

McLaren Racing, where he worked as Head of Materials, growing the department exponentially and working on race winning machinery. He was promoted to project manager where he played a crucial role in the design of the 2010 and 2011 McLaren cars under the supervision of Paddy Lowe, before departing the team at the end of 2011 for Toro Rosso.[3]

At Toro Rosso Furbatto took up the position of Chief Designer, where he remained for three years. After a brief stint back with McLaren working on their GT series entries,

Aston Martin F1 as their new Engineering Director at the start of 2022.[8]

References

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  4. ^ "Furbatto to join Stella at McLaren". F1 Fansite. 9 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Furbatto to join Stella at McLaren - report". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Bob Bell joins Manor as part of 'ambitious plan'". Crash.net. June 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Sauber Formula 1 team signs new technical personnel". Autosport.
  8. ^ "Aston Martin hire new Engineering Director and promote Andrew Green in tech team reshuffle". Formula1. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.