Nicola Materazzi

Nicola Materazzi
Materazzi in 2018
Born	(1939-01-28)28 January 1939 Caselle in Pittari, Italy
Died	24 August 2022(2022-08-24) (aged 83)
Nationality	Italian
Alma mater	University of Naples Federico II
Occupation(s)	Technical Director, Mechanical engineer
Employers	B Engineering[1] Laverda[2] Bugatti Cagiva Ferrari[3][4] Osella Lancia
Known for	Lancia Stratos Gr.4 Gr.5 Osella FA2 FA1 Ferrari 288 GTO Ferrari F40 Ferrari 126C Lancia LC2 (Engine design) Bugatti EB110 GT & SS Cagiva C589 (Engine design) Laverda 750 B Engineering Edonis

Nicola Materazzi (28 January 1939 – 24 August 2022) was an Italian mechanical engineer. He helped design many sports and racing cars, including the Ferrari 288 GTO, Ferrari F40, Bugatti EB110 and B Engineering Edonis. He was nicknamed "Mr F40" or the "father of the F40".^[5][6][7]

References

1. Culmer, Bugatti EB110 resurrected, retrieved 2020-04-09
2. Avossa, I grandi motoristi italiani: Nicola Materazzi, il papà della Ferrari F40 (in Italian), retrieved 2020-04-09
3. Sackey, Joe (2013). Ferrari 288 GTO. Dorchester: Veloce Publishing. p. 5. ISBN 978-1845842734.
4. Goodfellow, Winston (2014). Ferrari Hypercars. Beverly: Motorbooks. p. 96. ISBN 978-0760346082.
5. Lancia, Nicola Materazzi (in Italian), retrieved 2020-04-01
6. BookAClassic, The Father Of The Ferrari F40, retrieved 2020-11-08
7. MassimoDelbo, Mr F40, archived from the original on 2022-08-24, retrieved 2020-11-08