Xevi Pujolar is one of Formula One’s most respected engineering minds, renowned for transforming high-pressure racing environments into consistently high-performing teams. As the Head of Track Engineering at Audi Formula One, formerly known as Sauber, Xevi draws upon more than two decades of elite motorsport experience to deliver compelling insights into leadership, resilience, communication, and organisational transformation. Having worked with world-class drivers including Eddie Irvine, Mark Webber, Pastor Maldonado, Juan Pablo Montoya and Max Verstappen, Xevi has built a reputation for helping teams perform under relentless scrutiny and pressure. Today, he is hired as a motivational speaker for his ability to translate Formula One precision, adaptability, and teamwork into practical lessons for modern businesses.
Xevi began his career as a karting engineer before progressing into professional motorsport with Nissan, where he developed his technical expertise and understanding of high-performance operations. His rise through Formula One saw him take on senior engineering roles with Jaguar, Williams, Toro Rosso and Sauber, working across some of the sport’s most demanding competitive eras. Throughout his career, Xevi became known for his calm leadership style, strategic thinking, and ability to optimise performance within complex team structures. His hands-on experience working directly with elite drivers and multidisciplinary engineering teams gave him a unique perspective on how organisations can thrive in fast-moving and high-pressure environments.
Beyond the Formula One paddock, Xevi serves as the Managing Director of RaceMode Performance GmbH, where he works as a senior motorsport consultant and systems architect for high-performance teams. He also co-developed Pole Position OS in partnership with Flow Insider, a methodology that applies Formula One cognitive and organisational principles to business performance. This framework has helped organisations improve collaboration, communication, and operational efficiency by adapting elite motorsport strategies to corporate settings. Xevi is particularly recognised for being a key architect in Sauber’s remarkable transformation from near-collapse to sixth place in the constructors’ championship, helping build the operational foundations for Audi’s entry as a works manufacturer.
As a motivational speaker, Xevi offers audiences a rare behind-the-scenes understanding of how elite teams succeed when every decision matters. He speaks with authority on organisational change, external pressure, leadership communication, and sustained peak performance, using real Formula One examples to demonstrate how teams overcome adversity and maintain excellence. His presentations combine technical insight with powerful human lessons about trust, accountability, adaptability, and collective ambition. Whether addressing senior executives, leadership teams, or high-growth organisations, Xevi equips audiences with actionable strategies for building resilient cultures capable of performing at the very highest level.
