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11 Facts About Aldo Costa

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Aldo Costa was born on 5 June 1961 and is an Italian engineer and the Chief Technical Officer at Dallara.

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Aldo Costa started working at Abarth, part of the FIAT group.

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In 1988, after a couple of months, Aldo Costa joined Minardi focussing on the suspension, with Nigel Cowperthwaite taking care of aerodynamics.

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Aldo Costa followed Giacomo Caliri as technical director of the team.

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Aldo Costa joined the Scuderia Ferrari in 1995 and in 1998 became assistant to the team's Chief Designer, Rory Byrne.

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When Byrne announced his intention to retire in 2004, Aldo Costa was named as his successor.

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On 12 November 2007 Ferrari announced that Aldo Costa would take on the role of technical director.

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8.

In May 2011, Ferrari announced that Aldo Costa had relinquished his position as technical director to take on new responsibilities within the company.

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On 20 July 2011, it was announced that Aldo Costa would leave Ferrari by mutual agreement.

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Aldo Costa led the design of the 2013 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 W04 car under technical director Bob Bell.

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Aldo Costa cited a need to spend more time with his family in his native Italy.