Rémi Taffin (born 14 March 1975) is a French engineer who is the technical director of French firm Oreca. He was previously the engine technical director for the French

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. He graduated in mechanical engineering from the

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(ESTACA). Taffin began his career in motorsport when he became a racing engineer in 1998 in the Signature stable in Formula 3. The following year, he got a job at Renault and worked with their clients such as Arrows,

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. Until 2009, Taffin was an engine race engineer for

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, among others. He was involved when the driver Fernando Alonso and the team won both the drivers' and constructors' championships for the 2005 and 2006 seasons. In 2009, he became head of engine performance at races and worked with the teams that used Renault engines, including

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, which won four straight drivers' and constructors' championships (2010-2013). In 2014, he was promoted to COO of Renault's engine manufacturers and two years later he was appointed technical, a position he left in June 2021. In December 2021, Taffin began as Oreca's technical director.

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