After working graduating in mechanical engineering at the Politecnico di Torino in Italy and the University of Leeds in the UK.
Furbatto started work for the Tyrrell rebranded BAR F1 team as a performance engineer.
He started working with the test team and then moved over to the race squad, before departing in the year 2000 for Toyota Motorsport.
He was promoted to project manager where he played a crucial role in the design of the 2010 and 2011 McLaren cars under the supervision of Paddy Lowe, before departing the team at the end of 2011 for Toro Rosso.
[6] It was a better year for the squad, but unfortunately money troubles continued to plague Manor and they folded ahead of the 2017 season.