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Technical Director (Performance)

Ciaron Pilbeam Technical Director ‑ Performance

Ciaron has a wealth of experience in race engineering, having worked as a Race Engineer in F1 for over 15 years. In that time he has worked for five different F1 teams, including the likes of BAR Honda, Red Bull Racing, Lotus F1 Team, McLaren Racing and now Alpine F1 Team. He has been the Head of Trackside Engineering, where he managed both driver’s trackside engineering teams and helps to make decisions on set-up, strategy and tyre management. Ciaron has recently been promoted to Technical Director (Performance) at BWT Alpine F1 Team.

Guillaume Ducreux

Race Strategy Analyst

Guillaume Ducreux - Race Strategy Analyst

Guillaume joined Alpine F1 Team as a full-time Strategy Engineer, assisting car strategists in simulations before progressing to the role of car strategist. Guillaume now works at Oracle Red Bull Racing as a Race Strategy Analyst.

Simon Dickinson

Track Support Engineer

Simon Dickinson - Track Support Engineer

As part of Goodyear's Track Support Team Simon has worked in multiple championships with many varieties of car, ranging from historic Minis to contemporary Le Mans Prototypes. He has provided support to Goodyear's customers, advising on tyre management, strategy, and setup to optimise tyre durability and performance.

Geoff Dymott

Race Engineer

Geoff Dymott - Race Engineer

Geoff has worked for Williams Racing for over 20 years in a variety of roles including Vehicle Dynamics, Race / Test Data Engineer and Senior Performance Engineer. Starting his own consultancy in 2019, Geoff has also been a Race Engineer in British F4, Porsche Carrera Cup GB for Richardson Racing and more recently Century Motorsport in British GT.

Callum Cripps

Race Driver

Callum Cripps - Race Driver

Callum has been involved in motorsport since he was ten years old, racing in numerous karting championships before he moved to car racing in 2015. Since then, he has been behind the wheel of a variety of racecars including a Ginetta GT5, Clio Cup, Formula Renault, GT and even NASCAR. In 2019 he finished 5th in the EuroNASCAR championship with 50% podium finishes throughout the season. He is also an official simulator driver for Radicals Online.

Craig Porley

Race Engineer

Craig Porley - Race Engineer

Craig’s motorsport experience stretches to nearly 20 years. Starting off as a composite technician back in 2004, Craig moved to Xtrac as an R&D Engineer and then Red Bull Racing as a Test Engineer where he ran programs on chassis, suspension and aerodynamic components. Alongside his full time work, Craig has also been a Senior Data Engineer, winning the 2011 FIA GT1 drivers championship, and a Race Engineer for several BTCC teams where he won the independent drivers and team title in 2019. Now, he race engineers for Laser Tools Racing with WSR in BTCC and has set up his own engineering consultancy.

Jenner Collins

Race Engineer

Jenner Collins - Race Engineer

Jenner’s motorsport career began in 1997 volunteering for multiple Australian motorsport teams, including Volvo Racing Australia. After moving to the UK, he worked as a Wind Tunnel Technician at Jaguar Racing F1 and then Williams F1. He joined Wirth Research in 2006, whilst studying for a BEng in Motorsport. Working his way up from R&D engineer to the Head of the department, motorsport projects included LMP1, Indycar and F1. In 2014 he set up his own prototype vehicle development agency, Collins Limited. Since 2019 he’s Race Engineered for West Surrey Racing, Motorbase Performance and Team HARD, winning multiple races.

Robert Farrell

Formula 1 Trackside Engineer

Robert Farrell - Formula 1 Trackside Engineer

Robert’s professional career started with Avon Tyres Motorsport, as their motorsport product development engineer, alongside this he studied for a Masters in Advanced Motorsport Engineering. Robert worked trackside as support engineer to multiple race series, at a variety levels. His main series was ‘The Road to Indy series’ supporting Indycar and working with Indy lights (now Indy NXT). In 2021, Robert attended the MIA school of Race Engineering. In 2023 he began working with Goodyear, supporting WEC and ELMS, completing the LeMans 24 and also assisting development for LMGT3. Robert now works for Pirelli Motorsport as a Formula 1 Trackside Engineer, last year working for Haas F1 and currently assigned to Kick Sauber attending every race.

Rob Sharp

Race Engineer

Rob Sharp - Race Engineer

Rob has worked as a Data and Race Engineer in a number of championships including WEC, Carrera Cup, BTCC and British GT. He joined Multimatic in 2021 as a Vehicle Dynamics Engineer where he operated the Kinematic and Compliance Rig as well as the 4 Post Rig and Driver in the Loop Simulator. Rob left Multimatic at the end of 2023 and is now a race engineer in GTWC and WEC.