Nicholas Richard Chester is a Formula One technical director, currently working for Renault. He graduated from Cambridge University in 1991 to join Simtek Research in vehicle simulation, moving to their Formula 1 entry in 1994. He joined Arrows in 1995, first for vehicle simulation then suspension design before becoming Performance Engineer for Damon Hill and Pedro Diniz, then Race Engineer for Mika Salo and Pedro de la Rosa. In 2000, Chester joined Benetton, as Test Engineer to Alexander Wurz, Giancarlo Fisichella and Mark Webber.