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Antonia Terzi (29 April 1971 – 31 October 2021)[1] was an Italian aerodynamicist who worked for the Ferrari and Williams Formula One teams.
Born in Mirandola, Terzi worked in the design department at Ferrari under Rory Byrne until 2001 when she was recruited by Williams to become the team's chief aerodynamicist.[2] Terzi left Williams in November 2004.[3]
Terzi held a Master's degree in Materials Engineering from University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy and a PhD in engineering, focused on aerodynamics, from Exeter University in the United Kingdom.
She was employed as assistant professor by The Delft University of Technology, working together with Professor Ockels at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering. She was the chief vehicle designer of the TU Delft Superbus.[4]
From 2014 until 2019, she was the head of the aerodynamics team at Bentley Motors Ltd.
In 2020, she was appointed Full Professor at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.
Terzi died in a car accident on 31 October 2021.[5]
More at Wikipedia.
Finale and San Felice, dies in an accident in England, goodbye to F1 engineer, Antonia Terzi
SAN FELICE. It was one of the first world examples of a woman who played a leading role in an all-male world such as Formula One at the beginning of the 2000s. Her exciting career had made her a symbol of how competence and passion could surpass certain canons. And in the engineer Antonia Terzi there was the pride of a land, the Bassa, which was thrilled to be able to say that yes, she came from there.
A car accident, however, took her away at the age of 50. A crash on an English motorway which has been investigated by the UK police has wiped out one of the most innovative minds in world engineering. Now all the paperwork to bring her back to Italy has started: her sister Federica, who lives in Brussels and works in the European Parliament, has reached England for the recognition of the body. Only at the end of the whole process will it be possible to carry out the funeral services in Italy, in his San Felice where his father Mario lives, from whom Antonia had inherited the passion for engineering and his mother Giusy. Instead, he had taken from her that sweet look and the ability to find immediate empathy: Giusy was in fact for some time vice-principal of the “Morandi” high school in Finale where she taught mathematics and where she welcomed hundreds of students with her always doing a lot of ” mom”.
They were proud of Antonia, her parents. At the time of their debut in Formula One they also had to contain the enthusiasm of so many people who, through them, wanted to congratulate them for such an anomalous and innovative result.
Antonia has always been a free soul, she had chosen to put all her work in front of it and reach the goal. She graduated in Engineering from the University of Modena and then joined Ferrari. In those years the Cavallino dominated with Jean Todt in command and Michael Schumacher at the wheel. Already being part of the racing department (in the aerodynamics sector) could and seemed to be a huge achievement, but not for engineer Terzi. In her there was something new, innovative, attractive: and in fact Williams woos her and manages to engage her. The team based in Grove, England, comes to appoint her head of aerodynamics, in close contact with director Patrick Head and chief designer Gavin Fisher. It is his sensational project that led Williams to debut the walrus nose in 2004: the whole world of aerodynamic engineering observes it with curiosity, it could be an epochal revolution but on the track the car does not get the hoped-for success.
And here comes a new life for Antonia, who chooses to abandon Formula One to devote herself to research. After a brief collaboration with Dallara, he arrives to teach at the University of Delft, in the Netherlands. Matter: Aerospace Engineering. It is no coincidence that he signs, together with a colleague and an astronaut, the “Superbus”, a carbon fiber vehicle with 23 seats and a “seagull wing” opening of the doors. But the engineer Terzi is always looking for new experiences and returns to live in England, in Ipswich, until he receives the assignment to become a university professor in Canberra, Australia, at the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science. She should have moved but Covid limitations denied her that last challenge in the presence, forcing her to distance lessons from England, the country that had adopted her and made her a world champion.
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Antonia Terzi (29 April 1971 – 31 October 2021)[1] was an Italian aerodynamicist who worked for the Ferrari and Williams Formula One teams.
Born in Mirandola, Terzi worked in the design department at Ferrari under Rory Byrne until 2001 when she was recruited by Williams to become the team's chief aerodynamicist.[2] Terzi left Williams in November 2004.[3]
Terzi held a Master's degree in Materials Engineering from University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy and a PhD in engineering, focused on aerodynamics, from Exeter University in the United Kingdom.
She was employed as assistant professor by The Delft University of Technology, working together with Professor Ockels at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering. She was the chief vehicle designer of the TU Delft Superbus.[4]
From 2014 until 2019, she was the head of the aerodynamics team at Bentley Motors Ltd.
In 2020, she was appointed Full Professor at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.
Terzi died in a car accident on 31 October 2021.[5]
More at Wikipedia.
Finale and San Felice, dies in an accident in England, goodbye to F1 engineer, Antonia Terzi
SAN FELICE. It was one of the first world examples of a woman who played a leading role in an all-male world such as Formula One at the beginning of the 2000s. Her exciting career had made her a symbol of how competence and passion could surpass certain canons. And in the engineer Antonia Terzi there was the pride of a land, the Bassa, which was thrilled to be able to say that yes, she came from there.
A car accident, however, took her away at the age of 50. A crash on an English motorway which has been investigated by the UK police has wiped out one of the most innovative minds in world engineering. Now all the paperwork to bring her back to Italy has started: her sister Federica, who lives in Brussels and works in the European Parliament, has reached England for the recognition of the body. Only at the end of the whole process will it be possible to carry out the funeral services in Italy, in his San Felice where his father Mario lives, from whom Antonia had inherited the passion for engineering and his mother Giusy. Instead, he had taken from her that sweet look and the ability to find immediate empathy: Giusy was in fact for some time vice-principal of the “Morandi” high school in Finale where she taught mathematics and where she welcomed hundreds of students with her always doing a lot of ” mom”.
They were proud of Antonia, her parents. At the time of their debut in Formula One they also had to contain the enthusiasm of so many people who, through them, wanted to congratulate them for such an anomalous and innovative result.
Antonia has always been a free soul, she had chosen to put all her work in front of it and reach the goal. She graduated in Engineering from the University of Modena and then joined Ferrari. In those years the Cavallino dominated with Jean Todt in command and Michael Schumacher at the wheel. Already being part of the racing department (in the aerodynamics sector) could and seemed to be a huge achievement, but not for engineer Terzi. In her there was something new, innovative, attractive: and in fact Williams woos her and manages to engage her. The team based in Grove, England, comes to appoint her head of aerodynamics, in close contact with director Patrick Head and chief designer Gavin Fisher. It is his sensational project that led Williams to debut the walrus nose in 2004: the whole world of aerodynamic engineering observes it with curiosity, it could be an epochal revolution but on the track the car does not get the hoped-for success.
And here comes a new life for Antonia, who chooses to abandon Formula One to devote herself to research. After a brief collaboration with Dallara, he arrives to teach at the University of Delft, in the Netherlands. Matter: Aerospace Engineering. It is no coincidence that he signs, together with a colleague and an astronaut, the “Superbus”, a carbon fiber vehicle with 23 seats and a “seagull wing” opening of the doors. But the engineer Terzi is always looking for new experiences and returns to live in England, in Ipswich, until he receives the assignment to become a university professor in Canberra, Australia, at the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science. She should have moved but Covid limitations denied her that last challenge in the presence, forcing her to distance lessons from England, the country that had adopted her and made her a world champion.
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https://www.italy24news.com/sports/f1/143609.html
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