Riccardo Adami

Italian engineer
Riccardo Adami
Personal information
Born (1973-11-27) 27 November 1973 (age 50)
Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
EducationChassis area
Alma materUniversity of Brescia
OccupationEngineer
Years active2002–present
Sport
SportFormula One
PositionRace engineer of Carlos Sainz Jr.
TeamScuderia Ferrari

Riccardo Adami (born 27 November 1973) is an Italian engineer working for Scuderia Ferrari, where he is the race engineer of Carlos Sainz Jr. He is the former race engineer of four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel.

Career

Adami obtained a diploma in chassis area at the University of Brescia in 2001 and worked for Minardi since 2002.[1] He worked in several positions throughout the years before ultimately being promoted as the race engineer in 2005.[2]

Adami remained with the team after the team was acquired by the Austrian energy drink maker Red Bull and renamed as Scuderia Toro Rosso at the end of 2005.[3] During his years working in the Italian team, he race-engineered to several drivers, including Vitantonio Liuzzi, Sebastian Vettel, Sébastien Buemi and Daniel Ricciardo.[4]

In 2015, Adami left Toro Rosso and moved to Scuderia Ferrari, working as Vettel's race engineer once again.[5] Adami has been the race engineer for Carlos Sainz Jr. since 2021.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Bios of 4 of the main engineers in the team". Minardi. 5 December 2004. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Doornbos happy with first day at Minardi". Crash Media Group. 23 July 2005. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. ^ van Osten, Phillip (26 August 2017). "Marko frustrated with lack of return on Toro Rosso investment". f1i.com. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  4. ^ Alesci, Andrea. "Riccardo Adami e la Toro Rosso". issuu.com (in Italian). Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  5. ^ Garloff, Bianca; Bach, Ralf (20 November 2014). "Offiziell! Vettel wechselt zu Ferrari". Bild (in German). Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  6. ^ "How Sainz spent his first day as a Ferrari F1 driver". The Race. 2020-12-18. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
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