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| Nationality |  Italian |
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| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Participating years | 1998 - 2004, 2006 - |
| Teams | GTC Competition, Audi Sport Joest, Team Bentley, Audi Sport Goh |
| Best finish | 1st (2003, 2004, 2008) |
| Class wins | 3 (2003, 2004, 2008) |
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Rinaldo "Dindo" Capello (born 17 June 1964 in Asti, Italy) is an Italian endurance racing driver.
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Career [edit]
Dindo started his racing career in 1976, driving go-karts, but didn't move into single-seaters until 1983, starting in Formula Fiat Abarth. 1990 saw Dindo's first major championship victory, winning the Italian Supertourismo Championship in a Volkswagen Golf. He won the championship again in 1996, but in an Audi A4 this time.[1]
1997 saw Capello's first major endurance victory, at Vallelunga, in the Vallelunga 6 Hours, driving a Volkswagen Golf again. Capello was selected for the 2000 Le Mans race by the Audi Sport Joest team, driving the Audi R8 - the team finished in third place.
Capello was on the winning team in both the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2003 and 2004, driving a Bentley Speed 8 and an Audi R8 respectively, and has also finished on the podium on three other occasions.
Capello also won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2002 and 2012. He holds the record of most Petit Le Mans victories, having won in 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Dindo was vice-champion of the 2000 American Le Mans Series, winning 6 races. In both 2006 and 2007 Dindo finished as champion alongside Britain's Allan McNish in the Audi Sport North America run R10.
Capello crashed the Audi R10 TDI at the 2007 Le Mans, after losing a rear tire.[2] The Audi nr. 2 was leading the race comfortably at the time, and the crash ended the cars quest for another Le Mans win. However he returned to the race in 2008 to win again.[3]
Rinaldo officially retired from prototype racing on 23/07/2012 after hinting that he may not return to Le Mans in 2013.[4] Audi's statement confirmed that Capello would continue to race in GT3 with the Audi R8 LMS Ultra.
Racing record [edit]
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results [edit]
Complete DTM results [edit]
(key)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Points |
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| 2004 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi A4 DTM 2004 | HOC1 | EST | ADR | LAU | NOR | SHA1 5 |
NÜR | OSC | ZAN | BRN | HOC2 | NC | – |
| 2005 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi A4 DTM 2004 | HOC1 Ret |
LAU1 11 |
SPA 13 |
BRN 10 |
OSC 10 |
NOR Ret |
NÜR 19 |
ZAN Ret |
LAU2 11 |
IST Ret |
HOC2 16 |
20th | 0 |
1 - A non-championship one-off race was held in 2004 at the streets of Shanghai, China.
References [edit]
- ^ Capello's official website
- ^ H17: Capello crashes, Biela leads
- ^ "Audi edges Peugeot in classic Le Mans 24 Hours duel". MaximumMotorsport.co.uk. 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-15.[dead link]
- ^ "Dindo Hangs Up Helmet">"Dindo Hangs Up Helmet". Racing-Report.com. 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
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| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Emanuele Pirro |
Italian Touring Car Champion 1996 |
Succeeded by Emanuele Naspetti |
| Preceded by Frank Biela Tom Kristensen Emanuele Pirro |
Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2003 with: Tom Kristensen Guy Smith |
Succeeded by Seiji Ara Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello |
| Preceded by Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello Guy Smith |
Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2004 with: Seiji Ara Tom Kristensen |
Succeeded by J.J. Lehto Marco Werner Tom Kristensen |
| Preceded by Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro |
American Le Mans Series champion 2006-2007 with Allan McNish |
Succeeded by Lucas Luhr Marco Werner |
| Preceded by Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro Marco Werner |
Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2008 with: Allan McNish Tom Kristensen |
Succeeded by David Brabham Marc Gené Alexander Wurz |
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| Audi Sport Team Joest 24 Hours of Le Mans driver timeline, 1999–present | |||||||||||||
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| R8R | R8 | No Entry | R10 TDI | R15 TDI | R15 TDI plus | R18 TDI | R18 Ultra & E-Tron | ||||||
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003-05 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | ||
| Tom Kristensen | Tom Kristensen | ||||||||||||
| Didier Theys | Allan McNish | Christian Pescatori | Allan McNish | ||||||||||
| Rinaldo Capello | Rinaldo Capello | ||||||||||||
| Frank Biela | Frank Biela | Timo Bernhard | Marc Gené | ||||||||||
| Emanuele Pirro | Emanuele Pirro | Romain Dumas | |||||||||||
| Laurent Aïello | Marco Werner | Marco Werner | André Lotterer | ||||||||||
| Michele Alboreto | Johnny Herbert | Alexandre Prémat | Marcel Fässler | ||||||||||
| Christian Abt | Michael Krumm | Mike Rockenfeller | |||||||||||
| Stéphane Ortelli | Philipp Peter | Lucas Luhr | Benoît Tréluyer | ||||||||||
| Oliver Jarvis | |||||||||||||
| Marco Bonanomi | |||||||||||||
| Loïc Duval | |||||||||||||
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