- Giacomo Caliri
Giacomo Caliri is a former
Formula One engineer.He had a very impressive early racing career, which began in 1966 when Caliri graduated from Turin Polytechnic with a prize-winning thesis on aerodynamics.
He joined Ferrari in 1964 and became the head of aerodynamic studies in the racing department in 1969, replacing
Mauro Forghieri who had moved to Ferrari's F1 department for the 1970 season. By 1974, he was the head of the design office atFiorano . He left Ferrari in 1976 and set up FLY Studio inModena , working in conjunction withAutodelta ,Fittipaldi Automotive (he designed the F5A's aerodynamics in 1978) and ATS (he designed ATS D2 in 1979) on the design of competition cars.He joined the
Minardi Formula Two team in 1980 and became a stockholder of the Italian team. He became the technical director of the team in Formula One in 1985 and also designed the first Minardi Formula One car, theMinardi M185 . He left Minardi in 1989 and also sold his stock in the team.He joined
Maserati as Technical Director. In 1997 he returned in Ferrari as the head of the Innovation Department. He left Ferrari in 2002 and started as a consultant for the ATR group.Since 2004, he is the President of
Expotecnica . [ [http://www.expotecnica.it www.expotecnica.it] ]References
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