François-Xavier Demaison (engineer)

François-Xavier Demaison also known as FX Demaison is a French Formula One engineer. He was the technical director at the Williams Racing Formula One team until December 2022.[1]

François-Xavier Demaison
Born
France
OccupationEngineer
Years active2021-2022
EmployerWilliams Racing
Known forFormula One engineer
TitleTechnical director

Career

Demaison started his career in motorsports working for Peugeot Sport as Chief Rally engineer before moving to Subaru World Rally Team in March 2006 in an identical position.[2] In 2008 he joined the Citroën Junior Team as a senior engineer for two seasons before becoming technical director for Petter Solberg World Rally Team in 2010.[3]

Demaison moved to Volkswagen Motorsport in 2011 as WRC Project Manager, and then in 2016 became Technical Director with overall responsibility for all of the brand’s motorsport projects.[4] Whilst at Volkswagen Motorsport, Demaison was instrumental in the creation for the dominant Volkswagen Polo R WRC, which won all three titles in the World Rally Championship four times in a row from 2013 to 2016. He also helped pioneer the groundbreaking Volkswagen I.D. R electric race car, that achieved multiple records at Pikes Peak and the Nürburgring.[5]

In March 2021 Demaison reunited with his old boss Jost Capito at Williams Racing becoming Technical Director. In his role he is responsible for the design and development of the car as well as trackside engineering.[6]

In December 2022, he left Williams Racing, along with Capito.[7]

References
  1. "François-Xavier Demaison". Williams Racing. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  2. "DEMAISON JOINS SUBARU". Eurosport.
  3. "Q & A with Solberg's chief engineer". Autosport.
  4. "Francois-Xavier Demaison, Volkswagen - Q&A". crash.net. 17 April 2014.
  5. "Volkswagen sets sights on electric record on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife with further-developed ID. R". greencarcongress.
  6. "Williams appoint Volkswagen's Demaison as new Technical Director". F1.com.
  7. "Williams part ways with Team Principal Capito and Technical Director Demaison ahead of 2023 season". Formula 1 Website. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
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