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Legendary Ferrari engineer Forghieri dies at 87

The legendary Ferrari designer Mauro Forghieri, who oversaw a number of championship-winning designs for nearly a quarter of a century, has died at the age of 87. Forghieri (pictured at left, above, with Niki Lauda in 1974) worked for Ferrari for more than 25 years, having been born in Modena and educated in mechanical engineering at the University of Bologna. The Italian joined Ferrari as an apprentice in 1960 and was soon rising to a position of authority after many senior engineers and designers left for rival team ATS in 1961. By 1963, Forghieri was technical director of racing cars despite still only being in his late 20s, but success was set to follow. The Ferrari 158 carried John...
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