Mauro Forghieri

Mauro Forghieri (1935 to 2022) was an Italian mechanical engineer, best known as a Formula One racing car designer with Scuderia Ferrari in the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Modena, he graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of Bologna in 1959 and began an apprenticeship in Ferrari's engine department in spring 1960. He is credited with introducing the first designed rear wings to Formula One at the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix, and he oversaw the 250 GTO and P-series sports racing cars, the Ferrari flat-12 series of engines, Ferrari's first turbocharged engine in the 126 C and a prototype semi-automatic transmission in 1979. After leaving Ferrari in 1987 he worked at Lamborghini and Bugatti and founded the Oral Engineering Group in 1995. Modena made him an honorary citizen in 2021.