Nick Chester | |
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| Born | (1969-03-22)22 March 1969 (age 56) |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Known for | Formula One engineer |
Nick Chester (born 22 March 1969)[2] is a BritishFormula One motorsport engineer. Since 2025, he has been serving as theChief Technical Officer of theCadillac Formula One Team and was formerly the Technical Director of theRenault Formula One Team.
Chester graduated in engineering fromCambridge University[2] in 1991.[3][4]
Chester joinedSimtek Research invehicle simulation, moving to their Formula One entry in 1994.[3] He moved on toArrows in 1995, first for vehicle simulation, and then to suspension design. He becameperformance engineer forDamon Hill andPedro Diniz, thenrace engineer forMika Salo andPedro de la Rosa.[5]
In 2000, Chester joinedBenetton astest engineer toAlexander Wurz,Giancarlo Fisichella, andMark Webber. He became performance engineer for Fisichella in 2001 andJarno Trulli from 2002 to 2004, overseeing the Italian's only F1 victory (Monaco 2004).[6]
Chester took on the position of head of Renault's Vehicle Performance Group (VPG) in 2005,[3] contributing towards Renault's double championship wins of2005 and2006 (F1Constructors' Championship andDrivers' Championship forFernando Alonso).[7] Chester oversaw the development of thetuned mass damper system, which was a major innovation. In 2010 Chester was made head of performance systems.[3]
In 2012, Chester was appointed engineering director of Lotus, playing a major part in the race winning E20 and E21 F1 cars. A year later, he replacedJames Allison as the team's Technical Director, therefore being responsible for the design and development of every Formula One car to come out ofEnstone from May 2013 until January 2020.[8]
In January 2020 Chester was replaced byPat Fry at Renault.[9] Chester joined theMercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team astechnical director in July 2020.[4][10]
In March 2023, Chester joinedAndretti Global as the technical director for its Formula 1 project.[11] Since January 2025, Chester has been serving as the Chief Technical Officer of the Cadillac Formula 1 Team.
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