Aldo Costa

Aldo Costa
Born (1961-06-05) 5 June 1961 (age 63)
Parma, Italy
NationalityItalian
Alma materUniversity of Bologna - Mechanical Engineering
OccupationMotorsport Engineer
EmployerDallara
Known forEngineering Director of Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid, Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid, Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid, Mercedes AMG F1 W08 EQ Power+ & Mercedes AMG F1 W09 EQ Power+
TitleChief Technical Officer

Aldo Costa (born 5 June 1961) is an Italian engineer and the Chief Technical Officer at Dallara. With 14 constructors' championships and 12 drivers' titles working for Ferrari and Mercedes, Costa is one of the most successful engineers and designers in F1 history.[1]

Career

Costa was born in Parma. After school, he continued studying and graduated from the University of Bologna in mechanical engineering. He started working at Abarth, part of the FIAT group. In 1988, after a couple of months, Costa joined Minardi focussing on the suspension, with Nigel Cowperthwaite taking care of aerodynamics. Costa followed Giacomo Caliri as technical director of the team. Costa joined the Scuderia Ferrari in 1995 and in 1998 became assistant to the team's Chief Designer, Rory Byrne.[2][3][4] When Byrne announced his intention to retire in 2004, Costa was named as his successor. Byrne credited the design of the 2005 Ferrari to Costa.

Before the 2006 season, Costa was promoted to be the Head of Design and Development at Ferrari, as the team announced Nikolas Tombazis as their new Chief Designer.[5] On 12 November 2007 Ferrari announced that Costa would take on the role of technical director. In May 2011, (after a very bad start to the 2011 season) Ferrari announced that Costa had relinquished his position as technical director to take on new responsibilities within the company. Pat Fry took over the role of Chief Designer at Scuderia Ferrari.[6]

On 20 July 2011, it was announced that Costa would leave Ferrari by mutual agreement. On 30 September 2011 news surfaced that he would be joining Mercedes as Engineering Director of the team.[7] Costa led the design of the 2013 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 W04 car under technical director Bob Bell.[8]

In 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 he was the designer/engineering director for the world championship winning Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid, Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid, Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid, Mercedes AMG F1 W08 EQ Power+ and Mercedes AMG F1 W09 EQ Power+ cars.

In July 2018 it was announced that Costa would step down from his role at the end of the season, and become an adviser. He cited a need to spend more time with his family in his native Italy.[9] In January 2020 he joined Italian race-car constructor Dallara as chief technical officer.[10]

Formula One World Championships

No. Seasons Constructors' Champion Drivers' Champion Car Engine Ref
1 1999 FIA Formula One Season Ferrari — F399 Ferrari [11]
2 2000 FIA Formula One Season Ferrari Michael Schumacher F1-2000
3 2001 FIA Formula One Season Ferrari Michael Schumacher F2001
4 2002 FIA Formula One Season Ferrari Michael Schumacher F2002
5 2003 FIA Formula One Season Ferrari Michael Schumacher F2003-GA
6 2004 FIA Formula One Season Ferrari Michael Schumacher F2004
7 2007 FIA Formula One Season Ferrari Kimi Räikkönen F2007
8 2008 FIA Formula One Season Ferrari — F2008
9 2014 FIA Formula One Season Mercedes Lewis Hamilton F1 W05 Hybrid Mercedes
10 2015 FIA Formula One Season Mercedes Lewis Hamilton F1 W06 Hybrid
11 2016 FIA Formula One Season Mercedes Nico Rosberg F1 W07 Hybrid
12 2017 FIA Formula One Season Mercedes Lewis Hamilton F1 W08 EQ Power+
13 2018 FIA Formula One Season Mercedes Lewis Hamilton F1 W09 EQ Power+
14 2019 FIA Formula One Season Mercedes Lewis Hamilton F1 W10 EQ Power+

References

  1. ^ "Why a key title-winning team builder is leaving F1". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  2. ^ Simon Vigar (2008). Forza Minardi!: The Inside Story of the Little Team Which Took on the Giants ... Veloce Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84584-160-7.
  3. ^ Aldo Costa: Mercedes' F1 designer turned driver, 2018-05-09.
  4. ^ "PEOPLE: ALDO COSTA". grandprix.com. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
  5. ^ "McLaren's Tombazis in Ferrari return". Formula1.com. 2006-02-03. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
  6. ^ "Ferrari restructure technical department". Formula1.com. 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
  7. ^ "Former technical boss Aldo Costa parts company with Ferrari". Autosport. 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
  8. ^ Formula 1. "New Mercedes breaks cover in Jerez". Formula One World Championship Limited. Retrieved 5 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Costa and Ellis departures prompt Mercedes reshuffle". BBC Sport. 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  10. ^ Andrew Benson (6 September 2019). "Aldo Costa: Mercedes technical adviser to leave Formula 1 team". BBC.com.
  11. ^ "Aldo Costa". Mercedes. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
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