Pierre Waché
Pierre Waché | |
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Born | Auchel, France | 10 December 1974
Occupation | Engineer |
Employer | Red Bull Racing |
Known for | Formula One engineer |
Title | Technical director |
Pierre Waché (born 10 December 1974) is a French Formula One engineer. He is the technical director at the Red Bull Racing Formula One team.[1]
Career
[edit]Waché earned a doctorate in fluid dynamics from the National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine, specialising in bio-mechanical engineering. After graduating, he began working in 2001 for the global tire manufacturer Michelin in their Formula One programme, and was an engineer that was responsible for the interaction between tires and track conditions for Formula One cars.[1] At the end of 2006, Michelin left Formula One as a tire supplier, which resulted in Waché being recruited by BMW Sauber as a performance engineer, working with tyres and suspension.[2]
In 2009, BMW announced that it would leave Formula One, which resulted in Waché replacing Loïc Serra as the head of vehicle performance for Sauber.[3] In 2013, he moved to Red Bull Racing and become the chief engineer with a focus on vehicle performance; six months later, he was appointed to succeed Mark Ellis as performance director.[4] In 2018, he took on the role of technical director being responsible for the design and production of the car, second only to Adrian Newey.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Pierre Waché Biography". Red Bull Racing. 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Michelin quitting Formula One". The Daily Telegraph. 14 December 2005. ISSN 2059-7487. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "BMW to quit F1". Eurosport. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Waché now the head of vehicle performance at Red Bull". NBC. 21 December 2013. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Cooper, Adam (10 March 2018). "Red Bull creates new technical director role for its F1 team". Autosport. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Red Bull creates new technical director role". Formula 1. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- Notable personnel
- Toni Cuquerella
- Dirk de Beer
- Markus Duesmann
- Mike Krack
- Seamus Mullarkey
- Ossi Oikarinen
- John Owen
- Heinz Paschen
- Willy Rampf
- Peter Sauber
- Andreas Seidl
- Loïc Serra
- Mario Theissen
- Willem Toet
- Pierre Waché
- Ben Waterhouse
- Jörg Zander
- Christoph Zimmermann
- Beat Zehnder
- Notable drivers
Nick Heidfeld
Robert Kubica
Jacques Villeneuve
Sebastian Vettel
- Formula One cars
- F1.06
- F1.07
- F1.08
- F1.09
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- BMW Motorsport
- Sauber Motorsport
- Founder
- Dietrich Mateschitz
- Advisor to Red Bull GmbH
- Helmut Marko
- Team principal
- Christian Horner
- Chief Technical Officer
- Adrian Newey
- Personnel
- Hugh Bird
- Ben Hodgkinson
- Gianpiero Lambiase
- Paul Monaghan
- Simon Rennie
- Guillaume Rocquelin
- Hannah Schmitz
- Pierre Waché
- Ben Waterhouse
- Enrico Balbo
- Craig Skinner
- Jonathan Wheatley
- Former personnel
- Rob Marshall
- Ben Agathangelou
- Mark Ellis
- Dan Fallows
- Mark Gallagher
- Mark Gillan
- Andrew Green
- Neil Martin
- Ciaron Pilbeam
- Peter Prodromou
- Mark Smith
- Guenther Steiner
- Dave Stubbs
- Rob Taylor
- Gavin Ward
- Geoff Willis
- Current race drivers
- 1.
Max Verstappen
- 11.
Sergio Pérez
- 2024 Reserve drivers
Liam Lawson
Sébastien Buemi
Jake Dennis
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Sebastian Vettel
Max Verstappen
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- RB Formula One Team
- Red Bull Junior Team
Enzo Deligny
James Egozi
Oliver Goethe
Isack Hadjar
Ayumu Iwasa
Arvid Lindblad
Pepe Martí
Enzo Tarnvanichkul
Tim Tramnitz
- Formula One cars
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- RB13
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- RB16
- RB16B
- RB18
- RB19
- RB20
- Concept cars
- X2010/X2011/X2014/X2019
- Related
- Red Bull Powertrains
- Red Bull GmbH
- Andreas Seidl (Chief Executive Officer)
- Alessandro Alunni Bravi (Team Principal)
- James Key (Technical Director)
- Mariano Alperin
- Alessandro Alunni Bravi
- Ruth Buscombe
- Elliot Dason-Barber
- Dirk de Beer
- André de Cortanze
- Jost Capito
- Jacky Eeckelaert
- Luca Furbatto
- Eric Gandelin
- René Hilhorst
- Nicolas Hennel
- Monisha Kaltenborn
- James Key
- Mike Krack
- Jan Monchaux
- Matt Morris
- Seamus Mullarkey
- Steve Nichols
- Tom McCullough
- John Owen
- Xevi Pujolar
- Willy Rampf
- Leo Ress
- Simone Resta
- Sergio Rinland
- Andreas Seidl
- Loïc Serra
- Mark Smith
- Julien Simon-Chautemps
- Willem Toet
- Mario Theissen
- Frédéric Vasseur
- Pierre Waché
- Ben Waterhouse
- Max Welti
- Ian Wright
- Jörg Zander
- Beat Zehnder
- Christoph Zimmermann