Rinaldo Capello

Nationality

Italian

Born

17 June 1964 (age 52)
Asti, Italy

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating 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.

Career

Capello driving the Audi R10 TDI at the 2008 1000 km of Silverstone

Born in Asti, Capello 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 Capello'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.

Capello was vice-champion of the 2000 American Le Mans Series, winning 6 races. In both 2006 and 2007 Capello 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]

Capello 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

Career summary

Series/Event	Years	Races	Wins	Podiums	Best season result
Open Wheel Racing
Formula 3 Monaco Grand Prix	1987-1988	2	0	0
Italian Formula Three Championship	1985-1990	49	1	5	4th place (1988)
Endurance Racing
FIA World Endurance Championship	2012	3	1	3	5th place (2012)
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup	2011	4	0	1	-
24 Hours of Le Mans	1998-2012	14	3	11	1st overall (2003, 2004, 2008)
12 Hours of Sebring	1999-2012	11	6	10	1st overall (2001, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2012)
Le Mans Endurance Series	2004-2011	8	1	7	3rd place (2010)
American Le Mans Series	1999-2011	66	36	55	LMP1 Champion (2006, 2007)
GT
Porsche Supercup	1993-2003	2+	0	1	-
Italian GT Championship	2009-2015	84	6	28	3rd place (2010)
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	1992	5	1	1	12th (1992)
Touring Cars
World Touring Car Championship	1995	2	0	0	11th place (1995)
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	2004-2005	12	0	0	20th place (2005)
Super Tourenwagen Cup	1994-1995	11	0	1	7th place (1994)
Superstars Championship Italy	2006-2007	3	0	1	11th place (2007)
Italian Superturismo Championship	1991-1998	110	14	50	1st place (1996)

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1998	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Competition	Thomas Bscher Emanuele Pirro	McLaren F1 GTR	GT1	228	DNF	DNF
1999	Audi Sport Team Joest	Michele Alboreto Laurent Aïello	Audi R8R	LMP	346	4th	3rd
2000	Audi Sport Team Joest	Christian Abt Michele Alboreto	Audi R8	LMP900	365	3rd	3rd
2001	Audi Sport North America	Laurent Aïello Christian Pescatori	Audi R8	LMP900	320	2nd	2nd
2002	Audi Sport North America	Johnny Herbert Christian Pescatori	Audi R8	LMP900	374	2nd	2nd
2003	Team Bentley	Tom Kristensen Guy Smith	Bentley Speed 8	LMGTP	377	1st	1st
2004	Audi Sport Japan Team Goh	Seiji Ara Tom Kristensen	Audi R8	LMP1	379	1st	1st
2006	Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen Allan McNish	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	367	3rd	3rd
2007	Audi Sport North America	Tom Kristensen Allan McNish	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	262	DNF	DNF
2008	Audi Sport North America	Tom Kristensen Allan McNish	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	381	1st	1st
2009	Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen Allan McNish	Audi R15 TDI	LMP1	376	3rd	3rd
2010	Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen Allan McNish	Audi R15 TDI plus	LMP1	394	3rd	3rd
2011	Audi Sport North America	Tom Kristensen Allan McNish	Audi R18 TDI	LMP1	14	DNF	DNF
2012	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Tom Kristensen	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	LMP1	377	2nd	2nd

Complete 12 Hours of Sebring results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1999	Audi Sport Team Joest	Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson	Audi R8R	LMP	310	3rd	3rd
2000	Audi Sport North America	Michele Alboreto Allan McNish	Audi R8	LMP	360	2nd	2nd
2001	Audi Sport North America	Michele Alboreto Laurent Aïello	Audi R8	LMP900	370	1st	1st
2002	Audi Sport North America	Johnny Herbert Christian Pescatori	Audi R8	LMP900	346	1st	1st
2003	Team Bentley	Tom Kristensen Guy Smith	Bentley Speed 8	LMGTP	362	4th	2nd
2006	Audi Sport North America	Allan McNish Tom Kristensen	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	349	1st	1st
2007	Audi Sport North America	Allan McNish Tom Kristensen	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	353	4th	2nd
2008	Audi Sport North America	Allan McNish Tom Kristensen	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	351	3rd	1st
2009	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Tom Kristensen	Audi R15 TDI	LMP1	383	1st	1st
2011	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Tom Kristensen	Audi R15 TDI plus	LMP1	327	4th	4th
2012	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Tom Kristensen	Audi R18 TDI	LMP1	325	1st	1st

Complete DTM results

(key)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Points
2004	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi A4 DTM 2004	HOC	EST	ADR	LAU	NOR	SHA¹ 5	NÜR	OSC	ZAN	BRN	HOC	NC	0
2005	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi A4 DTM 2004	HOC Ret	LAU 11	SPA 13	BRN 10	OSC 10	NOR Ret	NÜR 19	ZAN Ret	LAU 11	IST Ret	HOC 16	20th	0

¹ - A non-championship one-off race was held in 2004 at the streets of Shanghai, China.

References

↑ Capello's official website
↑ H17: Capello crashes, Biela leads
↑ "Audi edges Peugeot in classic Le Mans 24 Hours duel". MaximumMotorsport.co.uk. 2008. Archived from the original on June 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
↑ "Dindo Hangs Up Helmet">"Dindo Hangs Up Helmet". Racing-Report.com. 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-23.

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Sporting positions
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

Winners of the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Nine-time	Tom Kristensen

Six-time	Jacky Ickx

Five-time	Derek Bell Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro

Four-time	Yannick Dalmas Olivier Gendebien Henri Pescarolo

Three-time	Woolf Barnato Rinaldo Capello Luigi Chinetti Marcel Fässler Hurley Haywood Phil Hill Al Holbert André Lotterer Klaus Ludwig Allan McNish Benoît Tréluyer Marco Werner

Two-time	Tim Birkin Ivor Bueb Romain Dumas Ron Flockhart Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Gérard Larrousse JJ Lehto Manuel Reuter André Rossignol Raymond Sommer Hans-Joachim Stuck Gijs van Lennep Jean-Pierre Wimille Alexander Wurz

One-time	Aïello Alboreto Amon Ara Attwood Baldi Bamber Bandini Barilla Barth Benjafield Benoist Bernhard Bianchi Bloch Blundell Bouchut D. Brabham G. Brabham Brundle Chaboud Clement Cobb Davis de Courcelles Dickens Duff Dumfries Duval Étancelin Fontés Foyt Frère Gachot Gené González Gregory Guichet Gurney Hamilton Hawthorn Hélary Herbert Herrmann G. Hill Hindmarsh Howe Hülkenberg Jani Johansson Jones Kidston Krages Lagache Lammers Lang Léonard Lieb Marko Martini Mass McLaren Mitchell-Thomson Nielsen Nuvolari Oliver Ortelli Pironi Riess Rindt Rockenfeller Rodríguez Rolt Rondeau J. Rosier L. Rosier Rubin Salvadori Sanderson Scarfiotti Schuppan Sekiya Shelby Smith Tandy Trémoulet Trintignant Vaccarella Veyron Walker Wallace Warwick Weidler Whitehead B. Whittington D. Whittington Winkelhock

Winners of the 12 Hours of Sebring

Six-time	Tom Kristensen

Five-time	Rinaldo Capello

Four-time	Frank Biela Allan McNish

Three-time	Hans-Joachim Stuck Mario Andretti Marco Werner

Two-time	Bob Akin Geoff Brabham Derek Daly Andy Evans Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio II Olivier Gendebien Hurley Haywood Hans Herrmann Phil Hill Al Holbert Jacky Ickx Stefan Johansson JJ Lehto Emanuele Pirro Brian Redman Eric van de Poele Fermín Vélez Andy Wallace Phil Walters

One-time	Aïello Alboreto Baker Baldi Barbosa Barbour Behra Bernhard Bianchi Bonnier Bourdais Gary Brabham Brown Castellotti Collard Collins Daigh Dalmas Davidson de Narváez Derani Dumas Duval Dyer Earl Elford Fässler Fitch Fittipaldi Fitzpatrick Foyt Franchitti Frisselle Garretson Gartner Gené Giunti Gray Gregg Gurney Hall Hawthorn Helmick Herbert Heyer Jarvis Kaffer Keyser Kulok Lapierre Larrousse Leven Lloyd Ludwig Luyendyk Maglioli Mass McFarlin McLaren Mendez Miles Millen Moffat Moretti Morton Moss Mullen Müller Nierop O'Connell Oliver Pace Panis Parkes Paul, Jr. Paul, Sr. Pescatori Peter Pruett Rahal Robinson Rojas Ruby Scarfiotti H. Sharp S. Sharp Siffert Surtees Taylor Theys Tréluyer Vaccarella Van Overbeek Wollek Woods Wurz

Audi Sport Team Joest 24 Hours of Le Mans driver timeline, 1999–2016

Drivers	Christian Abt (2000) Michele Alboreto (1999–2000) Filipe Albuquerque (2014–2015) Laurent Aïello (1999–2001) Timo Bernhard (2009–2011) Frank Biela (1999–2002; 2006–2008) Marco Bonanomi (2012; 2014–2015) Rinaldo Capello (1999–2002; 2006–2012) Lucas di Grassi (2013–2016) Romain Dumas (2009–2012) Loïc Duval (2012–2013; 2015–2016) Marcel Fässler (2010–2016) Marc Gené (2012–2014) Johnny Herbert (2002) Oliver Jarvis (2014–2016) Tom Kristensen (2000–2002; 2006–2014) Michael Krumm (2002) André Lotterer (2010–2016) Lucas Luhr (2007–2009) Allan McNish (2000; 2006–2013) Stéphane Ortelli (2000) Christian Pescatori (2001–2002) Philipp Peter (2002) Emanuele Pirro (1999–2002; 2006–2008) Alexandre Prémat (2007–2009) René Rast (2015) Mike Rockenfeller (2007–2012) Didier Theys (1999) Benoît Tréluyer (2010–2016) Marco Werner (2002; 2006–2009)

Cars	R8R (1999) R8 (2000, 2001, 2002) R10 TDI (2006, 2007, 2008) R15 TDI (2009) R15 TDI plus (2010) R18 TDI (2011) R18 Ultra & E-Tron (2012) R18 E-Tron (2013, 2014, 2015) Audi R18 (2016)

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