1. Enrique Hector Scalabroni was born on 20 October 1949 and is an Argentinian race car designer, technical director, and team racing boss.
14 Facts About Enrique Scalabroni
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Enrique Scalabroni was employed by Dallara, Williams, Ferrari, Lotus and Peugeot Sport between 1985 and 2002, before setting up his own F3000 and GP2 team in 2003, BCN Competicion, which lasted till the end of 2008.
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Enrique Scalabroni later worked for the Osvaldo Antelo Renault F2 and Miguel Herceg's Ford Turismo Carretera factory-backed teams.
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Enrique Scalabroni arrived in Europe in 1982 from Argentina at the age of 32.
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Enrique Scalabroni evolved to become one of the principal designers at Williams, chief designer at Ferrari and Lotus, and the Technical Director with the Asiatech F1 engine manufacturing company.
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Enrique Scalabroni moved to Italy in 1982, finding a job with the Dallara Automobili group.
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At Williams, Enrique Scalabroni contributed a substantial part of the six speed sequential gearbox design that Williams pioneered for F1 racing.
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In 1991 Enrique Scalabroni was recruited by Lotus F1 Team, where he produced the Lotus 102B for drivers Johnny Herbert, Mika Hakkinen and Julian Bailey.
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Towards the end of 1992, Enrique Scalabroni went to Peugeot Sport, then concentrating on the "avant projet" Formula One car under the watchful eye of Andre de Cortanze and Jean Todt.
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That project was stopped, but Enrique Scalabroni remained with Ikuzawa till 1998 designing different systems for the Japanese automotive and motorcycle industry, claiming several patents in the process.
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When his consultancy agreement with Williams ended, Enrique Scalabroni started, late in 1999, what was to be the Asiatech engine Formula 1 project.
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Enrique Scalabroni agreed a deal with Peugeot to purchase the assets of Peugeot's F1 engine program, renamed Asiatech F1, and kept the factory and personnel.
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In 2003, Enrique Scalabroni established his own team, BCN Competicion, based in Granollers, Barcelona, Spain, associated to his Spanish friend Jaume Pintanel.
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Enrique Scalabroni got one of the GP2 licenses in 2004 and remained in that series till the end of 2008.