Pascal Zurlinden

Director GT Factory Motorsports

Technology and motorsport: These themes run like a common thread through the professional career of Pascal Zurlinden (*3 March 1982). Born in France, Zurlinden trained as an automotive engineer and holds a Master of Sciences in Motorsport Engineering and Management. With his race technology passion and qualifications, Zurlinden has supported French racing teams, the DTM department in the Opel Performance Center, as well as the Phoenix Racing squad. Technical head, data, tests, simulations, racing or strategy engineer – Zurlinden has gained a broad base of expertise. In 2008, he moved to Audi Sport and spent several years there working on the preparation, implementation and follow-up on the technical aspects of the DTM vehicles. The trilingual engineer, who also holds a Swiss passport, has been with Porsche at the R&D Centre in Weissach since 2014. His first task there was as test and strategy engineer in the LMP1 project. In 2017 took over responsibility for the “Balance of Performance” in the GT field, before assuming the role as Director of GT Factory Motorsports in 2018.