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She was Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari engineer: Antonia Terzi died
She was the “woman of numbers” at Ferrari
Mourning for Antonia Terzi. Michael Schumacher’s former Ferrari engineer died on Sunday in a traffic accident at the age of 50. She invented the legendary “hammerhead” nose.
This article first appeared on RTL.de.
The Formula 1 world mourns Antonia Terzi. The Italian died in a traffic accident in the UK on Sunday. With just 50 years. She was one of the first women in a management position on a Formula 1 team.
Antonia Terzi: The woman behind the “hammerhead” nose
For years she worked as an aerodynamicist for Williams and Ferrari. At Scuderia, Terzi was “the woman of numbers”. Worked alongside Michael Schumacher for a long time until she switched to Williams in 2002 and took over the management of the aerodynamics department under Technical Director Patrick Head.
For the FW26 of the 2004 season, she developed the legendary “hammerhead” nose. However, the theoretical innovations did not stand up to the reality of the races. After leaving the premier class, Terzi worked for the luxury brand Bentley, among others. Most recently, she was Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Canberra University. She died in the middle of the preparations for moving to Australia.
See in the video: He is one of the most famous and popular Formula 1 drivers of all time. Especially in the 2000s, Michael Schumacher was extremely successful and won a total of seven world championships.