Aldo Costa

Aldo Costa ( born June 5, 1961 in Parma ) is an Italian engineer.

Career

At the University of Bologna laid Costa, who is not to be confused with the French designer Michel Costa, 1986 with a degree in engineering from. Significantly, is the title of his estimated by experts thesis " suspensions of a Formula 1 car ." The necessary studies have already allowed him time Scuderia Ferrari.

His first practical experience with CAD / CAM and in the calculation of aerodynamic data he collected at Fiat - Abarth, where he was employed 18 months. From 1988 he worked for Minardi, where he became the youngest chief designer probably the industry with 27 years. Aldo Costa officiated for many years as chief designer at the Minardi team, where he was known for his original detailed solutions to the front wings. The mid- 90s he had to temporarily step into the second term, when Gustav Brunner was fitted to chief designer with extensive powers, since he co-determined indirectly also the tactics of the team.

Costa came in 1997 with Ferrari before he assistant to the chief designer Rory Byrne in 1998. As Byrne in 2004 announced that he would retire from motorsport, Costa was his designated successor. Byrne left the design of the F2005 from 2005 Aldo Costa, nevertheless helped during the season but in the design, after it emerged that Ferrari was not capable of winning due to the used tire fabricate ( Bridgestone). Also, the successor in 2006 was designed by Rory Byrne again. By limiting Byrnes on his activities as a consultant on 19 September 2006 Costa became the sole chief designer at Ferrari. On 1 January 2008 he was promoted to technical director of the team, his successor as chief designer was the Greek Nikolas Tombazis.

After a poor start of the season 2011 Costa was released in May at Ferrari. In October it became known that he worked from December 2011 for Mercedes GP, where he occupied the post of design director.

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