Research notes
Francesco Nenci is an Italian engineer, born in 1969, a graduate of the Politecnico di Torino in Aeronautical Engineering (Aerodynamics specialization). His racing career began in 1997 as an F3000 data engineer at Coloni, and in 1999 he was Technical Director of the Spanish G-Tec Nissan Formula team. In 2002 he joined Toyota F1, rising from data engineer to race engineer, working with Ralf Schumacher and then Timo Glock. In 2009 he moved to Sauber, serving as race engineer for Kamui Kobayashi and Esteban Gutiérrez;
in 2014 at Marussia he was responsible for Jules Bianchi and helped the team score its first points at Monaco. He subsequently moved into Formula E (Trulli, Audi), DTM (Technical Director at the Rosberg team), and the Audi Dakar project. In January 2025 he joined Haas as Head of Race Engineering.