Research notes
Marco Adurno is an Italian engineer who took a path from aerospace into F1, quite different from the single-employer routes of Gualtieri and Montecchi. He studied Aeronautical Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano, then earned a Master's in Aerospace Engineering from ISAE-SUPAERO in France, first working at Airbus as a Structural Loads and Aeroelasticity Engineer (contributing to the A350 XWB design and winning an Airbus Innovation Award), before moving into F1 with Red Bull as a Modelling and Simulation Engineer. He briefly returned to the aerospace industry (as a Flight Control Laws Specialist at Piaggio Aerospace), before rejoining Red Bull in 2011, holding roles as Senior Simulation Engineer and Head of Analysis and Simulation, accumulating more than eight years at Red Bull in total. In September 2019 he joined Ferrari as a Performance Analysis Technical Specialist, and was promoted to Head of Overall Vehicle Performance in January 2021, coordinating aerodynamics, dynamics, and simulation data.
The Performance department is closely tied to race setup, simulation, and race-engineering work.