Giampaolo Dallara | |
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.jpg) Giampaolo Dallara in 2016 | |
| Born | (1936-11-16)16 November 1936 (age 89) |
| Education | Degree in aeronautical engineering fromPolytechnic University of Milan |
| Alma mater | Polytechnic University of Milan |
| Known for | Founder ofDallara |
Giampaolo Dallara (born 16 November 1936) is an Italian businessman and motorsports engineer. He is the owner ofDallara Motorsports, a company that develops racing cars.
Dallara was born inParma.
Dallara graduated fromPolitecnico di Milano, majoring in aeronautical engineering.[citation needed] He joinedFerrari in 1960, and next year moved toMaserati. In 1963, he was hired byLamborghini as their chief designer, where he (along withPaolo Stanzani, andBob Wallace) designed the chassis of theLamborghini Espada andMiura.[1] In 1969, he started to design race cars forFrank Williams, founder and manager of theWilliamsFormula One team.
In 1972, Dallara founded and establishedDallara Automobili in Parma, Italy. Starting from 1974, Dallara and his company started designing aFormula One car, theIso-Marlboro IR, for theWilliams Team.[2] Another project included designing a race car toFormula 3 standards. This resulted in victories in Italy, France, England, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, United States, Russia, and Austria.
In 1997, Dallara and his company expanded into IndyCar racing, with many victories from 1998, until 2003.[3] Since 2007, Dallara has been the single chassis supplier for IndyCar.
Dallara branched out into F1 projects in the mid-1990s, and at the end of 1998, Honda, considering a return to F1 as a constructor, called on Dallara to design their new F1 chassis.[4] Honda later cancelled the project.
Beginning in 2000, after the cancellation of the Honda project, Dallara embarked on a new project. He and his team were to build a race car for French teamOreca, in theLe Mans series. In August 2004, it was announced that Dallara and his team were signed byAlex Shnaider to build a chassis for the erstwhile Jordan team,Midland.[5] Later, Dallara brought alongGary Anderson to handle this project. But by mid-2005, Dallara pulled out from the project.
In 2009, Dallara and his team began a project building an F1 chassis for the new team,Campos Grand Prix, later known as Hispania.[6]
In 2015 Dallara became investor in the phoenix clubParma Calcio 1913 along withGuido Barilla and Mauro Del Rio.[7][8]
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