Research notes
Thomas Laudenbach was born in Santiago, Chile, and studied Mechanical Engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. He is a veteran powertrain engineer. He joined Porsche in 1998 and served as Head of Powertrain Development until 2013, contributing to race car and sports car programmes including the 918 Spyder, 911 RSR, and RS Spyder V8. He then spent approximately seven years at Audi. On 1 October 2021 he succeeded Fritz Enzinger as Vice President of Porsche Motorsport, overseeing all programmes across WEC, IMSA, Formula E, and GT, and is the most senior technical and management figure for the Formula E project.