Dario Benuzzi

Dario Benuzzi (born January 1946)^[1] is an Italian test driver, best known for his employment at Ferrari, a manufacturer of sports cars in Italy. He has tested every production model following the Dino road cars as well as the company's Formula One cars.^[2] As a chief test driver, he is responsible for its development work that involves spending five to six hours in a car daily at Ferrari's private track and on the road, then giving feedback to his team of test drivers and car engineers.^[3]

Originally from the neighbouring Vignola, his career with the factory began in 1971 when as a mechanic,^[3] he applied for a job at Ferrari and soon, he began working in its prototype department. He gradually progressed from mechanic to trainee test driver under the auspice of chief test driver Roberto Lippi.^[4]

From the late 1980s^[3] to 1993, when Nicola Larini stepped in, Benuzzi was the test driver for Ferrari's Formula One cars. Benuzzi was one of the Olympic torch bearer at the Maranello leg for the 2006 Winter Olympics, handing it to fellow test driver, Luca Badoer.^[5] Benuzzi was named one of the "Men of the Year 2011" by Top Gear for beating unruly Ferraris into shape for 40 long years.

References

^ "The Horse Whisperer". Top Gear. Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^ "Yahoo". Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Haymarket Business Interactive. "Search leadership, business and management news and news analysis from MT and Management Today magazine". Retrieved 11 February 2016. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Cropley, Steve (7 June 1995). "Driving". An Autocar Book: F50, the Ultimate Ferrari. Haymarket: 54.
^ "italiaspeed.com: 2006 XX Torino Winter Olympics". Retrieved 11 February 2016.

Scuderia Ferrari

Drivers
Race drivers	16. Charles Leclerc 55. Carlos Sainz Jr.
Test and reserve drivers	99. Antonio Giovinazzi (reserve) Robert Shwartzman (test)
Ferrari Driver Academy	Arthur Leclerc Dino Beganovic James Wharton Maya Weug Oliver Bearman Rafael Câmara Laura Camps Torras David Tonizza Brendon Leigh Giovanni de Salvo
F1 world champions	Alberto Ascari Juan Manuel Fangio Mike Hawthorn Phil Hill John Surtees Niki Lauda Jody Scheckter Michael Schumacher Kimi Räikkönen
F1 race winners	José Froilán González Alberto Ascari Piero Taruffi Mike Hawthorn Giuseppe Farina Maurice Trintignant Juan Manuel Fangio Luigi Musso Peter Collins Tony Brooks Phil Hill Wolfgang von Trips Giancarlo Baghetti John Surtees Lorenzo Bandini Ludovico Scarfiotti Jacky Ickx Clay Regazzoni Mario Andretti Niki Lauda Carlos Reutemann Gilles Villeneuve Jody Scheckter Didier Pironi Patrick Tambay René Arnoux Michele Alboreto Gerhard Berger Nigel Mansell Alain Prost Jean Alesi Michael Schumacher Eddie Irvine Rubens Barrichello Felipe Massa Kimi Räikkönen Fernando Alonso Sebastian Vettel Charles Leclerc Carlos Sainz Jr.

Personnel
Current	John Elkann (president) Benedetto Vigna (chief executive officer) Piero Ferrari (vice chairman) Frédéric Vasseur (team principal) Riccardo Adami Loïc Bigois Enrico Cardile Jock Clear Enrico Gualtieri [pt] Diego Ioverno Ravin Jain [pt] Xavier Marcos Padros Fabio Montecchi Enrico Racca [pt] Iñaki Rueda Carlo Santi Matteo Togninalli
Former	Enzo Ferrari (founder) Ben Agathangelou James Allison Mario Almondo Alberto Antonini Maurizio Arrivabene Giorgio Ascanelli Daniele Audetto Luca Badoer Luca Baldisserri John Barnard Dario Benuzzi Mattia Binotto Ross Brawn Gustav Brunner Marcin Budkowski Ruth Buscombe Rory Byrne Louis C. Camilleri Giacomo Caliri Carlo Chiti Gioacchino Colombo Valerio Colotti Aldo Costa Toni Cuquerella [es] Dirk de Beer Stefano Domenicali Henri Durand Chris Dyer Marco Fainello Gianfranco Fantuzzi [pl] Alfredo Ferrari Cesare Fiorio Mauro Forghieri Pat Fry Hirohide Hamashima Diane Holl John Iley Vittorio Jano Aurelio Lampredi Claudio Lombardi Ignazio Lunetta Sergio Marchionne Luca Marmorini Neil Martin Paolo Martinelli Alberto Massimino Marco Mattiacci Laurent Mekies Jean-Claude Migeot [pl] Jan Monchaux Luca Cordero di Montezemolo Steve Nichols Ossi Oikarinen Marco Piccinini Nicolò Petrucci Harvey Postlethwaite Simone Resta Massimo Rivola David Sanchez Lorenzo Sassi Enrique Scalabroni Michael Schumacher Gilles Simon Rob Smedley Andrea Stella Nigel Stepney Romolo Tavoni Rob Taylor Antonia Terzi Jean Todt Willem Toet Nikolas Tombazis Joan Villadelprat

Personnel

Current

John Elkann (president)
Benedetto Vigna (chief executive officer)
Piero Ferrari (vice chairman)
Frédéric Vasseur (team principal)
Riccardo Adami
Loïc Bigois
Enrico Cardile
Jock Clear
Enrico Gualtieri [pt]
Diego Ioverno
Ravin Jain [pt]
Xavier Marcos Padros
Fabio Montecchi
Enrico Racca [pt]
Iñaki Rueda
Carlo Santi
Matteo Togninalli

Former

Cars
Formula One	125 212 275 340 375 500 553 625 555 D50 801 246 256 246 P 156 158 1512 246 F1-66 312 312B 312T 126C 156/85 F1/86 F1/87 640 641 642 643 F92A F93A 412 T1 412 T2 F310 F300 F399 F1-2000 F2001 F2002 F2003-GA F2004 F2005 248 F1 F2007 F2008 F60 F10 150º Italia F2012 F138 F14 T SF15-T SF16-H SF70H SF71H SF90 SF1000 SF21 F1-75 SF-23 SF-24
Formula Two	166 F2 500 F2 553 F2 Dino 156 F2 156 F2 Dino 166 F2
IndyCar/CART	375 Indy 326 MI 412 MI 637
Sports cars	166 S/SC/MM 166 MM Le Mans 195 S 275 S 340 America 212 Export 225 S 250 S 250 MM 340 Mexico & MM 375 MM 375 Plus 625 TF 735 S 500 Mondial 250 Monza 750 Monza 500 TR 857 S 376 S 735 LM 410 S 860 Monza 625 LM Dino 196 S & 296 S & 246 S 500 TRC 290 MM 290 S 315 S 335 S 250 GT Berlinetta 412 S 250 Testa Rossa 246 SP & 196 SP & 286 SP 248 SP & 268 SP 250 GTO 330 TRI/LM 330 LMB 250 P, 275 P & 330 P 275 P2, 330 P2 & 365 P2 250 LM 330 P3 330 P3/4 & P4 Dino 166 P & 206 SP Dino 206 S 212 E 612P 312 P 512 S & 512 M 712P 312 PB 333 SP 499P

Formula One titles
Drivers' titles	1952 1953 1956 1958 1961 1964 1975 1977 1979 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2007
Constructors' titles	1961 1964 1975 1976 1977 1979 1982 1983 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2007 2008