Nikolas Tombazis

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Nikolas Tombazis or Nikos Tombazis ( Greek Νίκος Τομπάζης , born April 22, 1968 in Athens ) is a Greek automobile designer and constructor. He is currently working at the FIA and is one of the technical managers.

biography

Nikolas Tombazis studied at Imperial College London , where he graduated as an engineer . He then worked for Benetton from 1992 to 1995 and worked for Ferrari from 1997 . Tombazis moved from Ferrari to McLaren in 2004 , hoping to follow Adrian Newey's departure there as Technical Director. When this did not take place after his departure to Red Bull Racing , he switched back to Ferrari in 2006 , which was contested for a long time by McLaren until a press conference at Ferrari. There he became chief designer at Scuderia Ferrari. In December 2014 he was dismissed in the course of extensive team restructuring and replaced by Simone Resta . In 2016 Tombazis worked with Pat Fry for Manor Racing . Since March 2018 he has been working at the FIA as Head of Single-Seater Technical Matters and is responsible for all technical matters in the monoposto area.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fry and Tombazi's exit amid Ferrari restructure. formula1.com, December 17, 2014, accessed January 1, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Rebecca Friese: Manor's next Ferrari highlight: Pat Fry becomes a technical advisor. motorsport-total.com, January 25, 2016, accessed January 25, 2016 .
  3. ^ Formula 1: Ex-Ferrari designer gets a new FIA job . In: Motorsport-Magazin.com . ( motorsport-magazin.com [accessed July 1, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Tombazis, Nikolas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tombazis, Nikos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek automobile designer and constructor
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Athens