Dallara
Aldo Costa has a diverse and extensive work experience in the automotive industry. Aldo currently serves as the Chief Technical Officer at Dallara since January 2020. Prior to that, they worked at Mercedes AMG F1, starting in December 2011 as the Engineering Director, a role they held until December 2018. In 2019, they served as a Technical Advisor at Mercedes AMG F1.
Before joining Mercedes, Aldo Costa had a long and successful tenure at Ferrari GES from 1996 to 2011. During their time there, they held various roles including Head of Design Office, Chief Designer, and Technical Director. Aldo also briefly worked at Ferrari s.p.a. as the Chief Designer for the F50 GT in 1995.
Aldo Costa's career began at Minardi s.p.a. in 1988, where they served as a Stress Engineer, Chief Designer, and Technical Director until 1995. Prior to that, they gained experience at Abarth Competizioni as a Chassis Stress Engineer on the Lancia Delta Integrale in 1987. Aldo also worked at Ferrari GES in 1986 as a Student Thesis.
Aldo Costa attended Università di Bologna from 1981 to 1986, where they obtained a Laurea in Ingegneria Meccanica. Aldo'sfield of study was 5 anni di Ing.Mecc. vecchio ordinamento.
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In 1972 Mr. Giampaolo Dallara founded the “Dallara Automobili da Competizione” in his home town of Varano de’ Melegari a small country town near Parma, Italy, after important job experiences in Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini and De Tomaso. Today the company is a leader in the design and manufacture of racing cars, providing cars as sole supplier to IndyCar, Indy Lights, GP2, GP3, Formula 3.5 V8, Super Formula and Renault Sport Trophy. Dallara also provides cars to all Formula 3 championships, and for instructional leagues such as the Formulino, for the Formula E championship, for WEC, and ELMS. The three core competencies of Dallara are: - Design and production, using composite materials in carbon fiber - Aerodynamics: wind tunnel and CFD - Vehicle dynamics: simulation and testing In the last years, the Engineering division at Dallara has significantly expanded its activities and it has attracted business from some of the most important names in the automotive industry including Alfa Romeo, Audi, Bugatti, Ferrari, Porsche, KTM, Lamborghini and Maserati. In 2012, the company opened an engineering centre (Dallara LLC) in Speedway, Indiana, that was formed to be the sole supplier of chassis and components currently used in the IndyCar and IndyLights Series. Since its opening, Dallara LLC has been able to diversify its activities, involving also aerospace and defense industries and by becoming ISO 9001:2008 certified. In 2016, Dallara began a joint venture with Cadillac to design and manufacture an LMP2 car, which became the Cadillac Dpi that races in the IMSA Series.The same building is also home to an edutainment centre, where visitors can learn, while having fun, how a racing car is designed, developed and produced. Currently Dallara has more than 600 employees, with an average age of around 35. Each year, on average 20% of turnover is reinvested in research and development, that turnover being generated from business of which 90% is done outside of Italy.