What Happened To Nicola Materazzi? How Did Nicola Materazzi Die?

Nicola Materazzi, an Italian mechanical engineer best known for developing several sports and racing cars, including the Ferrari 288 GTO, Ferrari F40, Bugatti EB110, and B Engineering Edonis has died.

He passed away on 24 August 2022 at age 83.

It was not known if Materazzi had any health conditions or illness prior to his death. Also, a cause of death was not revealed.

During Materazzi’s illustrious career in the Italian automobile industry he worked with or was the successor to a number of notable engineers such as;

    1. Francesco De Virgilio (Lancia),
    2. Mario Mezzanotte (Pirelli),
    3. Franco Rocchi,
    4. Angelo Bellei (Ferrari),
    5. Antonio Tomaini (Ferrari, Osella),
    6. Massimo Tamburini (Cagiva),
    7. Paolo Stanzani (Bugatti),
    8. Marcello Gandini,
    9. Sergio Scaglietti, and
    10. Leonardo Fioravanti.

Materazzi was one of Italy’s leading turbocharging specialists from the mid 1970s, a respected sports car and motorcycle engineer and prior to his death, was sometimes referred to as “Mr F40” or the “father of the F40.”

One of Materazzi’s most famous work developing the 2.9-liter twin-turbo V8 that powered the Ferrari 288 GTO.

Materazzi also refined the architecture and layout of that vehicle, shifting it from a transverse to a longitudinal drivetrain layout.

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