André de Cortanze
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André de Cortanze is a motorsport engineer.
[edit] Career
De Cortanze graduated in 1967 with an engineering degree and joined the Alpine car maunfacturer, where he designed racing cars. He enjoyed much success in Formula Three and Formula Two, and designed a test chassis for Renault's initial foray into Formula One. In the 1980s, he moved to Peugeot Talbot Sport as Technical Director, enjoying victories in rallying and Le Mans. In 1993, he moved to the new Sauber F1 team, and helped design the Sauber C13 and was an engineer at the team during the 1994 Formula One season. At the start of the season, he was joined by Tim Wright. Wright was only there for a year.[1] At the end of 1995, he moved to Ligier, but then moved to Toyota Europe when the team was sold to Alain Prost. In 2000, he became the initial Technical Director of the Toyota F1 team, and designed the unsuccessful TF101 test car before being replaced by Gustav Brunner.[2] He is currently the Technical Director of the Pescarolo Sport team.
[edit] References
- ^ "Engineering changes at Benetton" GrandPrix. Retrieved 10 March 2007
- ^ Mansell, Nigel (ed) (2001). 2001 Formula One Annual. European Press Ltd, p. 17. ISBN 0-9541368-0-2.
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