Pierre Genon

Pierre Genon is a Belgian Formula One and motorsports engineer. He is currently the Toyota Project Manager for the Haas F1 Team.

Career Genon studied electro-mechanical engineering at the University of Liège before completing a Master’s degree in Aerospace Vehicle Design at Cranfield University. He progressed to become Chief Rally Engineer, contributing to Petter Solberg’s 2003 World Rally Championship title. He later served as Chief Test and Development Engineer, leading the technical direction of Subaru’s WRC testing and performance programmes. In 2009 Genon moved to Peugeot Sport as Race Engineer on the LMP1 endurance programme, helping deliver overall victory at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans and additional race wins in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Genon moved into Formula One in 2012 when he joined the Enstone-based Lotus F1 Team as Head of Vehicle Performance Group. In this role he oversaw vehicle modelling, simulation, vertical dynamics, and the driver-in-the-loop simulator.

In 2025 Genon joined the Haas F1 Team as Toyota Project Manager, coordinating the technical collaboration between Haas and Toyota Gazoo Racing, including the development of Haas’s first driver-in-the-loop simulator.