Aurelio Lampredi

Aurelio Lampredi (1917 to 1989) was an Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer, born in Livorno in Tuscany. He studied mechanical engineering in Fribourg, started at Piaggio in 1937 under Corradino D'Ascanio and then designed military aircraft engines at Reggiane during the Second World War. Recommended to Enzo Ferrari, he first spent a year at Ferrari, moved to Isotta Fraschini, and was hired back in 1951. His first Ferrari engine was a large V12 of 3.3, 4.1 and 4.5 litres, used in the 275 S, 275 F1, 340 F1 and 375 F1 race cars as a naturally aspirated alternative to the small Colombo V12s. That engine gave Ferrari its first Formula One win when José Froilán González won the 1951 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. He died in 1989.