Rinaldo Capello

Rinaldo Capello

Nation:	Italy
DTM
First race:	Shanghai 2004
Last race:	Hockenheimring II 2005
Teams (manufacturers)
2004 Abt Sportsline • 2005 Joest ( Audi )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 12 - - -
Podiums:	-
Overall wins:	-
Points:	-

Rinaldo "Dindo" Capello (born June 17, 1964 in Asti ) is a former Italian racing driver .

Career

Rinaldo Capello began his motorsport career in 1976 as a kart pilot in Italy. The Piedmontese competed in a few monoposto races, such as in the Italian Formula Fiat Abarth Cup, but he achieved his great success in touring and racing cars .

Capello in the Audi R10 TDI at the 2008 Silverstone 1000 km race

In 1990 he won the Italian super touring car championship in a VW Golf , a success he was able to repeat in 1996 with an Audi A4. In 1998 he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans . In 1999 he became a works driver at Audi in Le Mans and achieved fourth place in the overall standings when he raced the R8 for the first time . For a few years it seemed that Capello was always in the wrong car at Le Mans when it came to overall victory. Only when he got into the car with serial winner Tom Kristensen in 2003 - the VW subsidiary Bentley represented the group on the Sarthe with the Speed ​​8 - the tide turned. Capello celebrated his first Le Mans victory and followed a year later with the second overall victory.

In 2008 he achieved a victory with the new diesel Audi R10 TDI on the third attempt. After finishing third in 2006, a serious accident in the Indianapolis curve in 2007 stopped leading Capello on his way to possible victory on Sunday morning when the Audi R10 lost a wheel.

In addition to his victories at Le Mans, he was also successful five times in the Sebring 12-hour races and secured the drivers' title of the American Le Mans Series in 2006 and 2007 .

In 2005 he contested a full season in the DTM , but his results fell short of expectations.

statistics

successes

• Overall victory in the Le Mans 24-hour race in 2003, 2004 and 2008
• Overall victory in the Sebring 12-hour race in 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009 and 2012
• Driver's title in the American Le Mans Series 2006 and 2007

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1998	Gulf Team Davidoff	McLaren F1 GTR	Emanuele Pirro	Thomas Bscher	failure	accident
1999	Audi Sport Joest Racing	Audi R8R	Michele Alboreto	Laurent Aïello	Rank 4
2000	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R8	Michele Alboreto	Christian Dept.	Rank 3
2001	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	Christian Pescatori	Laurent Aïello	Rank 2
2002	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	Christian Pescatori	Johnny Herbert	Rank 2
2003	Team Bentley	Bentley Speed ​​8	Tom Kristensen	Guy Smith	Overall victory
2004	Audi Sport Japan Team Goh	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen	Seiji Ara	Overall victory
2006	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R10 TDI	Tom Kristensen	Allan McNish	Rank 3
2007	Audi Sport North America	Audi R10 TDI	Tom Kristensen	Allan McNish	failure	accident
2008	Audi Sport North America	Audi R10 TDI	Tom Kristensen	Allan McNish	Overall victory
2009	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R15 TDI	Tom Kristensen	Allan McNish	Rank 3
2010	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R15 TDI	Tom Kristensen	Allan McNish	Rank 3
2011	Audi Sport North America	Audi R18	Tom Kristensen	Allan McNish	failure	McNish accident
2012	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	Tom Kristensen	Allan McNish	Rank 2

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1999	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R8R	Stefan Johansson	Michele Alboreto	Rank 3
2000	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	Allan McNish	Michele Alboreto	Rank 2
2001	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	Laurent Aïello	Michele Alboreto	Overall victory
2002	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	Christian Pescatori	Johnny Herbert	Overall victory
2003	Team Bentley	Bentley Speed ​​8	Guy Smith	Tom Kristensen	Rank 4
2006	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R10	Allan McNish	Tom Kristensen	Overall victory
2007	Audi Sport North America	Audi R10	Allan McNish	Tom Kristensen	Rank 4
2008	Audi Sport North America	Audi R10	Allan McNish	Tom Kristensen	Rank 3
2009	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R15 TDI	Allan McNish	Tom Kristensen	Overall victory
2011	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R15 TDI plus	Allan McNish	Tom Kristensen	Rank 4
2012	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 TDI	Allan McNish	Tom Kristensen	Overall victory

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
2012	Audi Team Joest	Audi R18	SEB	SPA	LEM	SIL	SAO	BAH	FUJ	SHA
			1	4th	2

Web links

Commons : Rinaldo Capello  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Interview: Dindo Capello
• Rinaldo Capello at Racing Sports Cars