Naoki Tokunaga

Naoki Tokunaga
Born1965 or 1966 (age 58–59)[1]
Tokyo, Japan

Naoki Tokunaga (born 1965/1966) is the Japanese former technical director of Renault Sport F1.

Career

Tokunaga studied in Japan. He was a software engineer at Nissan. In 2000, he started working at Enstone as a vehicle dynamics engineer in the Benetton Formula team. In 2002, he was promoted to the position of head of systems control. He designed the electronic systems that are used by the Renault F1 team. Tokunaga worked at Nissan Motorsports. He worked in the KERS system development program. In 2010, he became deputy technical director at Lotus, but in 2012 he moved to Renault Sport F1, where he became technical director. He supervised the design and development of new V6 units for the 2014 season.[2][3][1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tokunaga joins Renault Sport as tech director". F1Technical.net. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Japanese GP – Suzuka Friday press conference". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Ferrari chasing Nissan man". GrandPrix.com. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
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