Julien Simon-Chautemps | |
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| Born | Julien Simon-Chautemps (1978-05-14)14 May 1978 (age 47) |
| Education | Aerospace engineer |
| Alma mater | Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées |
| Title | Owner of JSC7 Engineering Ltd[1] |
Julien Simon-Chautemps (born 14 May 1978) is a Frenchmotor racing engineer. He was a race engineer at variousFormula One teams from 2007 to 2022.
Simon-Chautemps is a graduate of the FrenchInstitut polytechnique des sciences avancées (2002). He started his career as Technical Director ofPrema Powerteam (2003-2007) and then toTrident Racing (2007). He moved toFormula One in 2007. From 2007 to 2010 he was race engineer toJarno Trulli atToyota andLotus. In 2011 he moved toRenault,[2] and was engineer toVitaly Petrov,Kimi Räikkönen,Pastor Maldonado,Romain Grosjean[3] andJolyon Palmer.
In 2017, Simon-Chautemps moved toSauber.[4] which was rebranded toAlfa Romeo in 2019. When Räikkönen joined Alfa Romeo in 2019, Chautemps became his race engineer for the second time.
In 2022, Simon-Chautemps decided to leave the Sauber team and has made his own business called JSC7 Engineering Ltd.