Simone Resta (born 14 September 1970) is an

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who currently works as the Deputy Technical Director for Mercedes-AMG F1 Team. He previously worked at

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from 2001 to 2018, and from 2019 to 2020, as a senior design engineer, head of the R&D department, deputy chief design director and from 2014 to 2018, as Chief Designer, and later for

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as the technical director from 2021 to 2024.

Career

Resta obtained the

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mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

at the

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in 1995, and worked for

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in the research and development department since 1998. In 2001, he moved to

as a senior design engineer. In 2006, he became the head of the research and development department before being promoted to the deputy chief design director in 2012. In 2014, he was appointed by

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as the team's new chief designer. On 28 May 2018, Resta left Ferrari to join

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(then known as Sauber), working as the team's

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. However, he returned to Ferrari on 1 August 2019. Resta moved to

for the 2021 Formula One season, as part of a tightening in the technological relationship between Haas and Ferrari. Following the departure of

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in January 2024, Resta also left the team. On 20 March, Resta was announced to be joining

Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes-Benz, a German luxury automotive brand of the Mercedes-Benz Group, has been involved in Formula One as both team owner and engine manufacturer for various periods since 1954. The current Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team is based in Brac ...

as a strategic development director. This move reunited him with

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, who previously was Resta's technical director in Ferrari.

References

1970 births Living people Ferrari people Formula One designers Italian automotive engineers Italian motorsport people People from Imola University of Bologna alumni Alfa Romeo people Haas F1 Team {{Italy-engineer-stub