Daniele Audetto

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Daniele Audetto
Audetto as Lancia racing manager in 1974
Born (1943-05-04) 4 May 1943 (age 80)
NationalityItaly Italian

Daniele Audetto (born 4 May 1943) is an Italian racing manager, former rallycar driver and sponsorship management executive. Previously, he was a managing director at the

FIAT and Arrows
.

Personal life

Audetto was born in Turin, Piedmont. He began his working life as a sport journalist.[1]

Motorsport career

Luca di Montezemolo
in 1971

Audetto started his

FIAT. In 1976 he replaced Montezemolo as Ferrari team manager. At the end of that season he was promoted as supervisor of all FIAT motorsport activities.[1]

He left FIAT four years later and began working as an independent sponsor-hunter and liaison, working with a variety of F1 teams and

powerboat organisations, notably with the Ceramiche Ragno sponsorship of Arrows F1. After three years he was recruited by Lamborghini Engineering and within a year had been promoted to managing-director, overseeing the company's F1 engine program between 1989 and 1993. After Lamborghini Engineering shut down Audetto worked in the Superbike World Championship.[1]

At the beginning of 1996 Audetto joined

Renault F1 to coordinate the engine department and later became the business development director. He left the team at the end of 2003 for Menard, where he was the Vice President and Commercial Director.[1]

Two years later he moved to Super Aguri, where he was appointed as managing director. He remained in that position until the team ceased racing in 2008.

He then took up the position of managing director at HRT F1.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "GrandPrix.com > Grand Prix Encyclopedia > People > Daniele Audetto". grandprix.com. Retrieved 2007-02-19.

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