Riccardo Adami

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Riccardo Adami
Personal information
Born (1973-11-27) 27 November 1973 (age 51)
Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
Education Chassis area
Alma mater University of Brescia
Occupation Engineer
Years active 2002–present
Sport
Sport Formula One
Position Race engineer
Team Scuderia Ferrari

Riccardo Adami (born 27 November 1973) is an Italian engineer working for Scuderia Ferrari, where he was most recently 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]

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