Research notes
FIA Formula 2 official team page Team Members section publicly listed. Francesco Cigarini is a FIA F2 Performance Engineer at Trident (confirmed by the FIA F2 official team page). His LinkedIn profile exists but could not be crawled;
earlier career history and educational background could not be verified. Important note: he is NOT the same person as the Ferrari electromechanical engineer/mechanic of the same name (who suffered a tyre-change injury at the 2018 Bahrain GP). The batch spelling 'Frencesco' should read 'Francesco'. The LinkedIn profile (handle 072bb22a4, marked Freelance) shares the same name as the Trident Performance Engineer, and may be the same person;
however, the LinkedIn full text was blocked and the CV could not be cross-referenced. Note: there is another well-known Francesco Cigarini who was a Ferrari electromechanical engineer/mechanic (1999-2021, injured at the 2018 Bahrain GP);
they are different individuals and must not be conflated. The FIA F2 official Trident team page lists Francesco Cigarini as Performance Engineer, consistent with the batch information.