Xavier Marcos Padros
NationalitySpanish
OccupationEngineer
EmployerScuderia Ferrari
Known forFormula One engineer
TitleRace engineer

Xavier Marcos Padros is a Spanish Formula One engineer. He is currently the race engineer for Charles Leclerc at the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One team.[1]

Career

Marcos Padros started his career in motorsport as a race engineer for the BNC Racing Team. He got his first taste of Formula One while working for the fledging HRT team as performance engineer from 2010–2012. After the team folded he joined Williams Racing as a performance engineer for Felipe Massa.[1] Seeking a new challenge, Marcos Padros decided to move to the United States to become chief race engineer for the NASCAR team Richard Childress Racing in 2015.[2] Marcos Padros returned to Formula One with Scuderia Ferrari, first as a factory based race engineer for 2018 and then became the race engineer for Charles Leclerc when he joined the team in 2019 remaining with the Monegasque ever since.[3] Marcos Padros is the voice that guides Leclerc.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "A Rundown on Charles Leclerc's Often Criticized Ferrari F1 Race Engineer – Xavier Marcos Padros". essentiallysports. 16 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "The insider's guide to… The Pit Wall". F1.com.
  3. ↑ "Ferrari has adjusted Formula 1 team leadership structure". Autosport.
  4. ↑ "Xavi Marcos, la voz que guía a Charles Leclerc en la F1". Autobild. 23 March 2022.
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