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Toni Cuquerella

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Toni Cuquerella
Born
Antonio Cuquerella

(1973-04-14) 14 April 1973 (age 51)
NationalitySpanish
EducationIndustrial engineering
Alma materTechnical University of Valencia
Occupation(s)Engineer, television presenter
Years active1999–present
EmployerDAZN

Toni Cuquerella (born 14 April 1973) is a Spanish engineer and television presenter. He currently works for DAZN as Formula One commentator.

Biography

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Cuquerella was graduated from Technical University of Valencia with a degree in industrial engineering. After working for Campos Racing and Cupra Racing, he made his Formula One debut in 2006 as the race engineer for Super Aguri F1. He moved to the BMW Sauber F1 Team in 2008, when he became the race enginner of Robert Kubica.[1] He joined HRT Formula 1 Team at the end of 2009, and got promoted to technical director for the 2012 season.[2]

Cuquerella moved acoss to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series following the omission of the HRT team.[3] He returned to the F1 paddock in 2015, joining Scuderia Ferrari as chief race engineer.[4] He left the team ahead of the 2017 season.[5]

Cuquerella was signed by Movistar in 2017 as the commentator for Formula One.[6] He switched to Formula E one year later, and working under multiple titles for Mahindra Racing from 2018 to 2022.[7] In 2023, he joined DAZN as Formula One commentator.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Entrevista a Toni Cuquerella". BMW Motorrad (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  2. ^ Soltani, Khatir (3 April 2012). "F1: Toni Cuquerella, new technical director at HRT". auto123.com. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  3. ^ Muñoz, Martí (16 February 2013). "Cuquerella ficha por BMW Motorsport en el DTM". Car and Driver (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  4. ^ González Vela, Guillem (23 January 2015). "Cuquerella signs for Ferrari". formularapida.net. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  5. ^ Valero, Jorge (7 February 2017). "Toni Cuquerella deja de ser ingeniero jefe de Ferrari". superdeporte.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Toni Cuquerella is the new signing of Movistar F1". actualidadmotor.com. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Entrevista a Toni Cuquerella, ingeniero de Mahindra de Fórmula E". infomotor.es (in Spanish). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  8. ^ de Paz, Javier (11 February 2024). "¿Quién es Toni Cuquerella? El exingeniero de Ferrari y analista de F1 en DAZN". DAZN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2024.