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Rémi Taffin is a French Formula One engineer. He is currently the engine technical director at the the Alpine Formula One team.

Career
After studying as a mechanical engineer at ESTACA, an engineering specialised school in Paris, Taffin's first experience of motorsport was in 1998 as a race engineer for Signature in Formula 3. In 1999, Taffin joined Renault working across a range of clients, including British American Racing as race engineer to Ricardo Zonta, Arrows as race engineer for Jos Verstappen, Benetton and Renault F1 Team.

He has worked directly with two World Champions, Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso, engineering the latter to victory in his two title-winning years. Taffin continued his race engineering role with Heikki Kovalainen in 2007 and Alonso again in 2008.

Taffin stepped up to manage Renault F1 track activities in 2009. Then with the creation of Renault Sport F1 in 2011, he took responsibility for the trackside engine performance of Renault Sport F1’s customers. Attending all races throughout the season, Taffin oversaw customer support for the Renault-powered teams and was integral to the four world titles secured by Red Bull Racing in the V8 era.

In 2014 he became Operations Director, managing the teams of engineers and technicians in the dynos and assembly department at Viry and ensuring a smooth transition to track by overseeing the engineers integrated to Renault’s partner teams. Since 2016, Taffin has managed Renault’s power unit development as Engine Technical Director, being responsible for the entire power unit department at Viry.