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Jose Manuel Lopez Garcia

Race Engineer · Audi · Formula 1

Jose Manuel Lopez Garcia is publicly listed as Race Engineer with Audi in Formula 1. Sourced career path and education on Paddock CV.

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Career path

  • Public record · Formula Renault / Carlin Motorsport
    Data analysis, simulation and race engineering (junior single-seaters)
  • 2015–2019 · Haas F1 Team
    Performance Engineer / Test Race Engineer - Esteban Gutierrez (2016), Kevin Magnussen (2017-2019), Pietro Fittipaldi (test events)
  • 2020–2024 · McLaren F1 Team
    Lead/Principal Performance Engineer and Deputy Race Engineer to Lando Norris; later Head of F1 Testing and McLaren Driver Development Programme
  • 2025–2025 · Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber
    Race Engineer - Gabriel Bortoleto (first permanent race-engineer seat)
  • 2026–present · Audi F1 Team (Audi Revolut F1 Team)
    Race Engineer - Gabriel Bortoleto

Education

  • Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
    Degree · Mechanical Engineering · 2002-2009
  • Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
    Study / exchange · Engineering
  • Mondragon Unibertsitatea
    Master's · Motorsport Engineering

Research notes and caveats

Driver pairing (Bortoleto) and Haas->McLaren->Sauber/Audi career path confirmed across Wikipedia, Motorsport.com, PlanetF1 and Pit Debrief. Nationality (Spanish) and the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid / TU Delft / Mondragon (MSc Motorsport Engineering) education confirmed by Wikipedia, with UPM dates (2002-2009) corroborated by the public LinkedIn profile. Public LinkedIn hides job dates (shown as dashes), so Haas (2015-2019) and McLaren (2020-2024) year boundaries are drawn from Wikipedia and should be treated as approximate. NOTE: do not confuse with Pau Rivera, who was Bortoleto's F2 race engineer at Invicta Racing; Lopez is the F1 race engineer. years_to_race_engineer computed from 2015 F1 entry (Haas) to 2025 first full/permanent race-engineer seat (=10), though Lopez performed deputy race-engineer duties at McLaren in 2023. No documented radio nickname found, so aka left empty.

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