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Rinaldo Capello
Capello at the 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans
Nationality
Italian
Born
17 June 1964 (1964-06-17) (age 60) Asti, Italy
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years
1998–2004, 2006–2012
Teams
GTC Competition, Audi Sport Joest, Team Bentley, Audi Sport Goh
Best finish
1st (2003, 2004, 2008)
Class wins
3 (2003, 2004, 2008)
Rinaldo "Dindo" Capello (born 17 June 1964) is an Italian professional racing driver. He is a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with Bentley in 2003 and Audi in 2004 and 2008. Capello is a two-time American Le Mans Series champion, a five-time 12 Hours of Sebring winner, and the record holder for most wins at Petit Le Mans, having won five times. Capello has also raced in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, the FIA World Endurance Championship, DTM and the Italian GT Championship.
Rinaldo "Dindo" Capello (born 17 June 1964) is an Italian professional racing driver. He is a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with Bentley...
with Allan McNish and RinaldoCapello regulars at the helm of the No. 2. The R10 was quick straight away, with RinaldoCapello breaking the Sebring lap...
manager Giovanni Antonio Capello (1699–1741), Italian painter Luigi Capello (1859–1941), Italian army officer RinaldoCapello (born 1964), Italian racing...
diesel-powered Audi R10. Kristensen did not finish the 2007 race following RinaldoCapello's crash while the car was leading the race by four laps. Kristensen...
2000 with Dindo Capello and Allan McNish winning in an Audi R8 LMP on the old Grand Prix circuit in Adelaide, South Australia. Capello put the R8 on pole...
held by such notable drivers as Le Mans winners Emanuele Pirro and RinaldoCapello, and two-time Champ Car champion Alex Zanardi. Established in 1987...
2007 event, scored a second triumph in 2008 with Tom Kristensen and RinaldoCapello driving an Audi R10. He has also raced with great success for Audi...
America alongside the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring. RinaldoCapello holds the record of most race wins, having won in 2000, 2002, 2006...
resolved in the garage. The Audi Sport Japan Team Goh car of Seiji Ara, RinaldoCapello and Tom Kristensen took the lead, and despite catching fire during...
sixth hour. Audi's other team of Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and RinaldoCapello became their teammate's lead challengers until McNish crashed while...
Notable entrants Team Bentley Notable drivers Tom Kristensen, Guy Smith, RinaldoCapello, Martin Brundle, Mark Blundell, Eric van de Poele, Johnny Herbert,...
Kinnear, American actor, television presenter, and producer 1964 – RinaldoCapello, Italian race car driver 1964 – Michael Gross, German swimmer 1964...
Benoît Tréluyer finished one lap behind in second, and their teammates RinaldoCapello, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish completed an Audi sweep of the overall...
on 4 May. A Bentley Speed 8 shared by Dane Tom Kristensen, Italian RinaldoCapello and Brit Guy Smith started from pole position after Kristensen set...
with a lap of 3 minutes and 30.296 seconds from the No. 2 Audi R8 of RinaldoCapello in the final ten minutes of the second session, followed by Stéphane...
1983, 1994 Klaus Ludwig 1979, 1984–1985 Al Holbert 1983, 1986–1987 RinaldoCapello 2003–2004, 2008 Marco Werner 2005–2007 Allan McNish 1998, 2008, 2013...
American Le Mans Series LMP Drivers' Champion. McNish and teammate RinaldoCapello completed 225 laps in their Audi Sport North America R8. Australian...
they entered three 2011 R18s; the #2 of McNish, Tom Kristensen and RinaldoCapello took the overall victory with 325 laps completed, marking Audi's tenth...
Audi Sport Team Joest RinaldoCapello Laurent Aïello Audi R8R LMP 346 4th 3rd 2000 Audi Sport Team Joest Christian Abt RinaldoCapello Audi R8 LMP900 365...
Mulsanne Straight. The second test session had Audi continue to lead with RinaldoCapello in the No. 2 car with the day's fastest lap of 3 minutes, 32.742 seconds...
RinaldoCapello Denmark Tom Kristensen United Kingdom Guy Smith 2004 United States Buddy Rice Italy Jarno Trulli Japan Seiji Ara Italy Rinaldo Capello...
V8 3 LMP900 7 Audi Sport Team Joest Christian Abt Michele Alboreto RinaldoCapello Audi R8 M 365 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 4 LMP900 16 Pescarolo Sport Olivier...
winner in bold. The Drivers Championship was won by Allan McNish and RinaldoCapello. The Manufacturers Championship was won by Audi. Points are awarded...
until his return to Le Mans in 1998 with a McLaren F1 alongside Dindo Capello and Thomas Bscher ending with a retirement. In 1999 Audi unveiled the R8R...
Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 4 LMP 7 Audi Sport Team Joest Michele Alboreto RinaldoCapello Laurent Aïello Audi R8R M 346 +19 laps Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 5 LMP 18...
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