Lucia Conconi is an engineering and transformation leader who has held senior technical leadership roles with Formula One teams including Mercedes, Renault, Honda and Brawn GP. Most notably, she worked as Head of Vehicle Performance at Sauber Motorsport. With over 20 years of engineering experience at the highest level of motorsport, Lucia provides practical frameworks and examples of high-performance leadership and innovation to create a competitive advantage.
With a degree in Aerospace Engineering, Lucia started her career as a Test Engineer at CSI S.p.A before quickly being promoted to Head of Testing Laboratory. Her career in motorsports began at Audi, where she worked in vehicle dynamics, performance simulation and testing. Transitioning into Formula One, Lucia joined Honda Racing as a Senior Ride Analysis Engineer and Team Leader, a role she later continued at Brawn GP and Mercedes. Upon moving to Lotus F1 Team in 2011, she became Section Leader for Ride Performance and later for Suspension Performance. In 2019, Lucia served as Head of Vehicle Performance at Alfa Romeo F1 Team and Sauber Motorsport, where she led a department of more than 30 engineers and specialists spanning vehicle dynamics, simulation, software development, data analytics, machine learning and driver-in-the-loop simulation.
During her time in Formula 1, Lucia helped develop championship-winning cars, build world-class engineering teams and deliver Sauber’s strongest Constructors’ Championship finish in over a decade. Today, she works as a strategic advisor on high performance and transformation as well as a Guest Trainer at SE-Training GmbH.
A highly sought-after speaker, Lucia regularly delivers keynote speeches and executive workshops on leadership, innovation, AI and technology. She helps organisations to apply Formula 1’s approach to systems thinking, decision-making and high-performing teams to solve complex challenges. If you are looking for an experienced technical leader in Formula 1 for your next event, hire Lucia via Champions Speakers today!
Lucia Conconi's official speaking topics are listed below:
- Leading High-Performance Teams: What businesses can learn from F1 about collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
- Thriving in Complexity: Applying systems thinking to solve challenges, improve decision-making and drive organisational performance.
- Innovation That Delivers: Creating cultures where technology, data and people work together to accelerate results.
- AI Meets Human Performance: Practical lessons on balancing artificial intelligence with human expertise.
- 2025 - Guest Trainer at SE-Training GmbH
- 2019 - Head of Vehicle Performance at Alfa Romeo/Sauber F1 Team
- 2016 - Suspension Performance Section Leader at Renault Sport Formula One Team
- 2014 - Suspension Performance Section Leader at Lotus F1 Team
- 2011 - Ride Performance Section Leader at Lotus F1 Team
- 2010 - Senior Ride Analysis Engineer Team Leader at Mercedes Formula One Team
- 2009 - Senior Ride Analysis Team Leader at Brawn GP
- 2008 - Senior Ride Analysis Engineer at Honda Racing F1
- 2004 - Vehicle Dynamics and Performance Simulation and Testing at Audi Sport
- 1998 - Test Engineer at CSI S.p.A
- 1998 - Graduated with degree in Aerospace Engineering from Politecnico Milano
How to hire Lucia Conconi
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