Entry route
Joined an F1 team directly as a data/systems engineer and climbed data → performance → race engineer.
Highlights
Spent his entire F1 career to date at the Faenza-based squad through its Toro Rosso, AlphaTauri and Racing Bulls guises (since Oct 2016).
Rose through the engineering structure from trackside tyre performance engineer (2016) to performance engineer (2020) to senior performance engineer (2024) before being promoted to race engineer for 2026.
Promoted to Liam Lawson's race engineer for 2026, replacing Ernesto Desiderio (who had returned to Lawson's car from Red Bull after the 2025 Chinese GP).
Pre-F1 background at tyre manufacturer Michelin (2011-2016), aligning with his tyre-focused entry role at Toro Rosso.
Research notes
2026 seat as Lawson's race engineer is confirmed by multiple independent outlets (RacingNews365, Motorsport.com, GPFans, Motor Sport Magazine). Nationality (Greek), Imperial College London MSc in Aeronautics, Michelin tenure (Nov 2011-Oct 2016) and the Toro Rosso/AlphaTauri/Racing Bulls role ladder with dates are all reported by RacingNews365 and corroborated across outlets. Exact university years not published. A LinkedIn public profile exists (alexandre-iliopoulos-02390828) but LinkedIn blocked direct fetch (HTTP 999), so dates rely on the RacingNews365 reporting which appears to draw on it. No radio nickname is publicly documented. The f1salaries.com profile for him appears largely auto-generated/generic and was NOT used as a source. years_to_race_engineer counted from F1 entry (2016) to first RE seat (2026).