Francesco Nenci

Career

Francesco Nenci earned a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino, with a specialization in aerodynamics. His motorsport career launched in 1997 when he became a Data Engineer for Coloni Motorsport in Formula 3000, analyzing telemetry data. Two years later, he moved to Spain to serve as Technical Director and Race Engineer for the G-Tec Formula Nissan Team, overseeing technical operations. Nenci entered Formula One in 2002 with the newly formed Toyota Racing team, working as a Data Engineer for Allan McNish.

He shifted to system engineering in 2003 and then to Performance Engineer duties in 2004. From 2005 to 2009, he acted as Race Engineer for Toyota, first with Ralf Schumacher through 2007 and then with Timo Glock from 2008 to 2009. After Toyota exited Formula One, Nenci joined Sauber Motorsport as a Race Engineer from 2009 to 2014, supporting Kamui Kobayashi from 2010 to 2012 and Esteban Gutiérrez in 2013 and early 2014. He then moved to the Marussia F1 Team, where he engineered Jules Bianchi to the squad’s first championship points at Monaco.

Following Marussia’s financial collapse, he became Chief Engineer for the Trulli Formula E Team during the 2014–15 season, handling race engineering and chassis development. In 2015, he took the role of Technical Director at Team Rosberg in DTM, working with Audi Sport machinery until 2018. Nenci joined Audi Sport GmbH in 2018, first as Formula E Race/Test Performance Team Leader and later as Driving Simulator Team Leader in 2021. From 2022 to 2024, he led Audi’s Dakar Performance group, managing performance targets for the rally-raid program.

In 2025, he returned to Formula One as Chief Race Engineer at the Haas F1 Team, leading the trackside engineering team at races.