Daniele Audetto

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Daniele Audetto is the managing director of the Super Aguri F1 team, which will compete in the 2007 world championship.

1 Personal Life
2 Motorsport Career
3 References
4 External Links

[edit] Personal Life

Audetto was born in the city of Turin in Italy on the 4th March 1943.^[1] He began his working life as an artist and journalist. ^[2]

[edit] Motorsport Career

Audetto his motorsport career in rallying as a co-driver of Luca di Montezemolo and Sandro Munari in the factory Lancia team. During his three years with the team he earned management degree at Bocconi University. He was injured badly in the legs during an accident and turned his attention to management within FIAT. In 1976 he replaced Luca, his former partner in ralling, as Ferrari team manager. Audetto thus oversaw Niki Lauda's 1977 Formula One season. At the end of that season he was promoted to head all Fiat motorsport activities.^[2]

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 Ceramico 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 World Superbike Championship.^[2]

At the start of 1996 Audetto joined Tom Walkinshaw's Ligier operation in F1 but within a few weeks Walkinshaw split with the French team, which was controlled by Flavio Briatore at the time, and bought a majority shareholding in the Arrows F1 team, Audetto, along with many others, followed him and joined Arrows. He stayed with Arrows until it closed down at the end of 2002. The following year he joined Renault F1 to coordinate the engine department and later became the the business development director. He left the team at the end of 2003 for Menard, where he was the Vice President and Commercial Director.^[2]

He left this position two years later for Super Aguri and was appointed the managing director. He remains in that position to this day.