Research notes
Ricardo Santos is a Race Engineer at DS PENSKE Formula E, based in Oxford. Public sources indicate he is responsible for lead driver Maximilian Gunther (#7). He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Instituto Superior Tecnico in Lisbon, and served as suspension and braking system design lead in Formula Student. After transitioning to Formula E, he served as Sam Bird's race engineer at Jaguar TCS Racing (Season 8) before joining DS PENSKE.