Pierre
Waché
France
Role | Management |
|---|---|
Nationality | France |
Pierre has been a member of our senior technical group since joining Red Bull Racing in 2013. He holds a PhD in fluid mechanics after studying at the Institut National Polytechnique De Lorraine in Nancy and Georgia Tech, Atlanta. His academics speciality was biomechanical engineering, studying the interaction between cells in the bloodstream. He liked motorsports, “but my passion was more the technical aspects of science and engineering.”
It was motorsport that won over, however, and in 2001 Michelin recruited Pierre to study the interaction between track surfaces and the rubber of its Formula One tyres. His interest was strictly at the molecular level but eventually he moved away from the microscope and took on more responsibility, becoming a project leader at Michelin, responsible for adherence and simulation for F1.