Nationality French Alma mater Grenoble INP Education Aerospace Engineering | Years active 2001-present Successor Christijan Albers Name Cyril Abiteboul | |
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Cyril Abiteboul (born 14 October 1977) is a French motor racing engineer and manager. From 2013 to 2014 he was the team principal of Caterham Formula One team, and is currently Managing Director of the Renault Sport F1 Team.
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- Cyril abiteboul managing director renault sport racing talks about f1 evolution rs2027vision
- Interview with cyril abiteboul
- Early life
- Career
- References
Interview with cyril abiteboul
Early life
Abiteboul was educated at the Lycée Carnot and Lycée Chaptal high schools in Paris, and went on to study aeronautical engineering at Grenoble INP.
Career
After graduating in 2001, Abiteboul joined Renault at Boulogne-Billancourt. He was made Business Development Manager for the Renault F1 team in 2007 and went on to become Executive Director of Renault Sport F1 in 2010.
He joined Caterham F1 Team in September 2012. The Frenchman previously worked with team partner Renault, where he was Deputy Managing Director of Renault Sport F1. On 8 November 2012, Abiteboul was appointed as team principal of Caterham, taking the place of Tony Fernandes.
On July 2014, after Abiteboul's departure from Caterham F1 team had been announced, Renault confirmed his return as Managing Director of Renault Sport F1.