Cyril Abiteboul

Cyril Abiteboul is a name Formula 1 fans will recognize even if the wider world doesn't. A Paris-born engineer who ran Caterham, then served as managing director of the Renault F1 Team, and has led Hyundai Motorsport in rallying since 2023. What interests me about him is the career arc: he's a paddock operator, the person making the hard calls behind the drivers everyone watches. I always find the team-principal world more revealing than the on-track drama, because that's where budgets, politics, and long-term bets actually get decided. His move from F1 into the World Rally Championship suggests someone who genuinely loves the engineering, not just the spotlight.

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Name (English)

Cyril Abiteboul

Name (Japanese)

シリル・アビテブール

Reading

しりる・あびてぶーる

Born

October 14, 1977 (age 49)

Origin

Paris, France

Occupation

engineer / business executive / sports agent / general director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Snake

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril%20Abiteboul
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%93%E3%83%86%E3%83%96%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4054762

Tags

• engineer
• business executive
• sports agent

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.