Simon Rennie currently is the Group Leader of Simulation Engineering at Red Bull Racing.
11 Facts About Simon Rennie
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In 2008, Simon Rennie remained as a data engineer at Renault.
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Simon Rennie worked alongside the returning Alonso, who came back to the team after placing 2nd at McLaren.
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The 2009 season, saw Simon Rennie promoted to race engineer to Fernando Alonso.
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Simon Rennie acted as the race engineer for Polish driver Robert Kubica.
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Simon Rennie would have acted as race engineer to Kubica in the 2011 Formula One season, for the newly renamed Renault team, Lotus Renault F1, had it not been for a Rallying incident in Italy, one month before the season opener in Bahrain, which resulted in Kubica being sidelined with multiple fractures and a partially severed right hand.
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Simon Rennie was race engineer to German driver Nick Heidfeld, who was acting as the replacement for Kubica during his recovery, for the 2011 season.
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In 2019, Simon Rennie moved to a factory role within the Red Bull team, considered to be a factor in Ricciardo's departure from the team that year.
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Simon Rennie was replaced as race engineer by Mike Lugg.
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In 2020, Simon Rennie returned to trackside action at Red Bull to become Alexander Albon's race engineer, replacing Lugg.
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In 2021, Simon Rennie stepped aside as Race Engineer, with Hugh Bird taking over as Race Engineer for Albon's replacement Sergio Perez.