Enrico Balbo

Enrico Balbo is an Italian Formula One aerodynamicist. He is currently the head of aerodynamics at the Red Bull Racing team.

Career Balbo studied Aerospace engineering at the Politecnico di Torino before completing a year of postgraduate study at ISAE-Supaero in Toulouse, France. He subsequently spent a short period working at Airbus in Toulouse. Balbo later attended the University of Southampton, where he continued his studies in aerodynamics.

In 2013, Balbo moved to the Mercedes Formula One Team as Future Car Aerodynamic Group Leader, contributing to the design of the team's Formula One cars from 2014 to 2018.

In 2018, he joined Red Bull Racing as Principal Aerodynamicist, was promoted to head of aerodynamic development in 2020, and assumed the position of Head of Aerodynamics in 2021. In this capacity, he has overseen the design and development of several of Red Bull's championship-winning cars, including the RB16B, RB18, and RB19.