The MIA School of Race Engineering attracts world-leading race engineering tutors.
April-May tutors include:
Ciaron Pilbeam Technical Director ‑ Performance
Ciaron has a wealth of experience in race engineering, having worked as a Race Engineer in F1 for over 25 years. In that time, he has worked for five different F1 teams, including the likes of BAR Honda, Red Bull Racing, Lotus F1 Team, McLaren Racing and now Alpine F1 Team. He has been the Head of Trackside Engineering, where he managed both driver’s trackside engineering teams and helped to make decisions on set-up, strategy and tyre management. Ciaron has been promoted to Technical Director (Performance) at BWT Alpine F1 Team.
Simon Dickinson - Track Support Engineer
As part of Goodyear's Track Support Team Simon has worked in multiple championships with many varieties of car, ranging from historic Minis to contemporary Le Mans Prototypes. He has provided support to Goodyear's customers, advising on tyre management, strategy, and setup to optimise tyre durability and performance.
Race Engineer
Geoff Dymott - Race Engineer
Geoff has worked for Williams Racing for over 20 years in a variety of roles, including Vehicle Dynamics, Race / Test Data Engineer and Senior Performance Engineer. Starting his own consultancy in 2020, Geoff has also been a Race Engineer in British F4, Porsche Carrera Cup GB for Richardson Racing and more recently Century Motorsport in British GT.
Senior Strategy
Engineer
Faïssal Fdil - Senior Strategy Engineer
Faïssal Fdil has had a ten years career in senior race strategy positions in Formula 1 and Formula E, making live race strategy calls, developing prediction models and leading strategy groups. With experience at Haas F1 Team, Sauber F1 Team and NIO Formula E, he also shares his expertise as a visiting lecturer in Race Strategy at ESTACA.
Race Engineer
Craig Porley - Race Engineer
Craig’s motorsport experience stretches to nearly 25 years. Starting off as a composite technician back in 2004, Craig moved to Xtrac as an R&D Engineer and then Red Bull Racing as a Test Engineer where he ran programs on chassis, suspension and aerodynamic components. Alongside his full time work, Craig has also been a Senior Data Engineer, winning the 2011 FIA GT1 drivers championship, and a Race Engineer for several BTCC teams, where he won the independent drivers and team title in 2019. Now, he race engineers for Laser Tools Racing in the BTCC and has set up his own engineering consultancy.
Deputy Technical Director
Dominic Harlow - Deputy Technical Director
Dominic is part of the engineering team at the FIA who are developing F1 regulations. He has also worked for BMW in DTM, Williams F1 and Force India as well as other leading Race Engineering roles.
Race Engineer
Jason Carpenter - Race Engineer
Jason has spent the last 17 years working in F1. Starting off at Williams, Jason then worked as an F1 Tyre Engineer for Pirelli. Now, he manages the brake and clutch components that AP Racing supply to several F1 teams.
Strategy Simulation Engineer
Tom Webster - Strategy Simulation Engineer
Tom graduated from Cranfield University with a Master’s Degree in Advanced Motorsport Mechatronics. He then went to Mahindra Formula E Team as a Energy Management Controls Engineer. In 2024, Tom moved to Envision Racing Formula E Team where he is now responsible for Strategy Simulation.
Simulator Engineer
Michael Leonard - Simulator Engineer
Michael joined Andretti Racing as an Aero Performance Engineer in 2023 after graduating from Loughborough University with MEng Automotive Engineering. During this time he worked for Racing Point and Aston Martin Formula 1 Team for a total of 18months - spending time in Aerodynamics, R&D and Vehicle Performance. Start of 2025, Michael joined Atlassian Williams Racing as a Simulator Engineer.
Strategy Engineer
Lauren Maguire - Strategy Engineer
Lauren has an MSci in Natural Sciences (Physics and Mathematics) from the University of Durham. She joined Alpine F1 in Jan 22 as a Junior Business Intelligence Analyst, here she worked with a wide range of areas of the factory, learning about how the different aspects of the team work together to optimise the car on track. Lauren then moved over to Data Science, developing coding skills further and working closer with Performance groups, alongside this she spent a lot of time volunteering and shadowing the Strategy group. In August 2025 she moved to the role of Strategy Engineer as a car strategist.
Race Engineer
Matt Stratton - Race Engineer
After graduating with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Loughborough University Matt went back to Ilmor Engineering as a Design Engineer, having completed his Placement year with the same company. He then joined Alpine F1 team in the Powertrain team, again as a Design Engineer, but hoping to work his way across to a more Performance Engineering focused role. In March 2023 he started work as a Race Engineer in the Spanish F4 Championship with Rodin Carlin before progressing up to the FIA F2 team for 2025. Completing the MIA School of Race Engineering in 2021 was a very beneficial step in this journey!
Race Engineer
Jenner Collins - Race Engineer
Jenner’s motorsport career began in 1997 volunteering for multiple Australian motorsport teams, including Volvo Racing Australia. After moving to the UK, he worked as a Wind Tunnel Technician at Jaguar Racing F1 and then Williams F1. He joined Wirth Research in 2006, whilst studying for a BEng in Motorsport. Working his way up from R&D engineer to the Head of the department, motorsport projects included LMP1, Indycar and F1. In 2014 he set up his own prototype vehicle development agency, Collins Limited. Since 2019 he’s Race Engineered for West Surrey Racing, Motorbase Performance and Team HARD, winning multiple races.
Racing Driver
Will Martin - Racing Driver
William Martin is a 23-year-old British racing driver who previously competed in Porsche Carrera Cup GB, where he finished 2nd overall in 2025 after multiple race wins and podiums. He’s progressed from karting into a consistent front-runner in GT racing, with experience in both the UK and North America. Alongside racing, he coaches drivers and works closely with teams on car setup and performance. In 2026, he is competing in Mclaren Trophy Europe.
Vehicle Dynamics Engineer
Laurent Davenne - Vehicle Dynamics Engineer
Laurent Davenne is a Vehicle Dynamics Engineer at the Aston Martin F1 Team, specialising in simulation, performance analysis, and race car setup optimisation. With over a decade of experience in high-level motorsport, he has built strong expertise in vehicle dynamics modelling, driver-in-the-loop simulation, and trackside engineering support. Prior to joining Aston Martin, Laurent spent seven years at Hitech GP, where he developed advanced simulation tools used by race engineers and contributed to single-seater DIL models across multiple categories.
Former Race Engineer
Steve Bunkhall - Former Race Engineer
Steve Bunkhall originally trained as a chemist and in 1988 joined Lola Cars as a project manager where he was responsible for car instrumentation, data acquisition and wind tunnel testing. Since 1993 he has worked as a freelance Race Engineer, at first in Super Touring and DTM with Opel before moving on to specialise in sports cars, notably Ferrari GTE’s. He has engineered cars to victories in FIA GT, WEC and all versions of the ACO Le Mans Series championships.
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