Nick Chester

Nick Chester
Full name	Nicholas Richard Chester
Date of birth	22 March 1969 (1969-03-22) Ripon, England
Occupation	Technical Director
Employer	Renault
Years active	1991 – present

Nicholas Richard Chester (born 22 March 1969) is a Formula One technical director, currently working for Renault.

Career

He graduated from Cambridge University in 1991 to join Simtek Research in vehicle simulation, moving to their Formula 1 entry in 1994. He joined Arrows in 1995, first for vehicle simulation then suspension design before becoming Performance Engineer for Damon Hill and Pedro Diniz, then Race Engineer for Mika Salo and Pedro de la Rosa.

In 2000, Chester joined Benetton, as Test Engineer to Alexander Wurz, Giancarlo Fisichella and Mark Webber.

From 2005, Nick took on the position of Head of Vehicle Performance Group, governing suspension, brakes and simulation. In 2010 he was made head of performance systems. From 2012, he was appointed engineering director of Lotus. A year later, he replaced James Allison as the team's Technical Director.

In January 2020 Nick Chester was replaced by Pat Fry at Renault.

Career History

Years	Team	Job Title
1995-2000	Arrows	Race Engineer
2000-2001	Benetton	Race Engineer
2002-2005	Renault	Race Engineer
2005-2010	Renault	Head of Vehicle Performance Group
2010-2012	Renault	Head of Performance Systems
2012-2013	Lotus F1	Engineering Director
2013-2015	Lotus F1	Technical Director
2016-2019	Renault	Technical Director