Luca Furbatto
Luca Furbatto | |
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Born | 11 May 1972 |
Nationality | Aston Martin F1 Team |
Known for | Formula One engineer |
Title | Engineering director |
Luca Furbatto (born 11 May 1972)Aston Martin Formula One team.
Biography
After working graduating in mechanical engineering at the
Toyota Motorsport.[2]
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
- ^ "Luca Furbatto". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Luca Furbatto Formula 1 employee". Side Podcast.
- ^ "Toro Rosso strengthens technical team with Jon Tomlinson and Luca Furbatto". Autosport.
- ^ "Furbatto to join Stella at McLaren". F1 Fansite. 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Furbatto to join Stella at McLaren - report". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "Bob Bell joins Manor as part of 'ambitious plan'". Crash.net. June 2015.
- ^ a b "Sauber Formula 1 team signs new technical personnel". Autosport.
- ^ "Aston Martin hire new Engineering Director and promote Andrew Green in tech team reshuffle". Formula1. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.