Giampaolo Dallara

Giampaolo Dallara
Giampaolo Dallara in 2016
Born	(1936-11-16)16 November 1936 Parma,Italy
Nationality	Italian
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 ofDallaraMotorsports, a company that develops racing cars.

Biography

Early life

Dallara was born inParma.

Automotive and motorsport

Main article:Dallara

Dallara graduated fromPolitecnico di Milano,majoring in aeronautical engineering.He joinedFerrariin 1960, and next year moved toMaserati.In 1963 he was hired byLamborghinias their chief designer, where he (along withPaolo Stanzani,andBob Wallace) designed the chassis of theLamborghini EspadaandMiura.In 1969 he started to design race cars forFrank Williams,founder and manager of theWilliamsFormula Oneteam.

In 1972, Dallara founded and establishedDallara Automobiliin Parma, Italy. Starting from 1974, Dallara and his company started designing aFormula Onecar, theIso-Marlboro IR,for theWilliams Team.Another project included designing a race car toFormula 3standards. 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.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.Honda later cancelled the project.

Giotto Bizzarrini,Ferruccio Lamborghiniand Dallara atSant'Agata Bolognesein 1963, with aLamborghini V12engine prototype.

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 Shnaiderto build a chassis for the erstwhile Jordan team,Midland.Later, Dallara brought alongGary Andersonto 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.

Association Football

Main article:Parma Calcio 1913

In 2015 Dallara became investor in the phoenix clubParma Calcio 1913along withGuido Barillaand Mauro Del Rio.