Giacomo Caliri (born 29 July 1940 in

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engineer. His racing career began in 1966 when Caliri graduated from

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with a prize-winning thesis on aerodynamics. He joined

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in 1964 and became the head of aerodynamic studies in the racing department in 1969, replacing

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who had moved to Ferrari's F1 department for the 1970 season. By 1974, he was the head of the design office at the

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. He left Ferrari in

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and set up FLY Studio in

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with his former Ferrari colleague Luigi Marmiroli, working in conjunction with

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(he designed the F5A's aerodynamics in 1978) and

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(he designed ATS D2 in 1979) on the design of competition cars. He joined the

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team in and became a stockholder of the Italian team. He became the technical director of the team in Formula One in

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and also designed the first Minardi Formula One car, the Minardi M185. He left Minardi in

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and also sold his stock in the team. He joined the new

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team and was one of the designers of the team's FG01 chassis for the 1995 season. He joined

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as technical director. In 1997 he returned in Ferrari as the head of the Innovation Department. He left Ferrari in 2002 and started as a consultant for the ATR group. Since 2004, he is the president of Expotecnica.

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