Jarno Zaffelli
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Jarno Zaffelli is an Italian motor-racing circuit designer and the founder of Dromo Circuit Design.[1][2] His work has included the redesign or resurfacing of circuits such as Silverstone, Zandvoort and the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, as well as the original design of the Madring circuit in Madrid.[3][4]
Early life and career
Zaffelli trained as an industrial technician in experimental mechanics and briefly studied management engineering. In 2000 he began developing a proposal for a motor-racing circuit near Reggio Emilia. Although that circuit was not built, the research led him to travel internationally to study existing tracks and ultimately to establish Dromo Circuit Design.[1][2] Italian publications subsequently profiled his development from the Reggio Emilia project into an international circuit-design career.[5][6]
Zaffelli developed a crash-prediction model based on eleven years of accident and circuit data. The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile reported that the model was used during Dromo's 2012 reconstruction of the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo in Argentina.[7] At the 2017 FIA Sport Conference, he presented the use of data analysis in circuit design and safety work.[8]
Following the cancellation of the 2018 British motorcycle Grand Prix because of drainage and surface problems, Zaffelli was appointed to take part in the technical investigation at Silverstone.[9] Dromo subsequently worked on the circuit's complete resurfacing in 2019.[10]
Between 2019 and 2020, Zaffelli led design work for the renovation of Zandvoort ahead of the return of the Dutch Grand Prix to Formula One. The project included the banked Hugenholtz and Arie Luyendyk corners.[3][11] In 2021 and 2022, Zaffelli and Dromo worked on the renovation of Spa-Francorchamps, including changes to the three-dimensional geometry and surface of Eau Rouge–Raidillon while retaining its plan-view alignment.[12]
In January 2024, Zaffelli was presented as the designer of the semi-permanent Formula One circuit planned around the IFEMA exhibition complex in Madrid.[4][13] In 2025, IFEMA terminated its implementation-support contract with Dromo and appointed companies from the German group founded by circuit designer Hermann Tilke to continue the project. In 2026, the Cologne Regional Court granted Dromo interim relief limited to Germany, prohibiting two Tilke companies from reproducing specified protected materials there.[14] El País reported that IFEMA maintained that the contract had been terminated because of documented breaches and that it was entitled to provide the material to third parties; Dromo disputed that account. The German order was preliminary and did not determine the wider contractual dispute in Spain.[15][16]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jarno Zaffelli, un reggiano sulle piste di mezzo mondo". Corriere di Bologna (in italiano). 4 July 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zanichelli, Matteo (24 May 2015). "Jarno Zaffelli, progettista delle piste: 'Autodromi migliori grazie a noi'". Il Resto del Carlino (in italiano). Retrieved 30 August 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Smedema, Joost (3 December 2019). "Architect Zaffelli: 'Bouwen aan Circuit Zandvoort is als spelen in het zand'". NOS (in Nederlands). Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Puigdemont, Oriol (30 January 2024). "El diseñador del circuito semiurbano de F1 en Madrid: «Que la gente esté tranquila; Madrid no será como Valencia»". El País (in español). Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ Borgo, Marco (20 January 2016). "Jarno Zaffelli, il progettista italiano che sfida Hermann Tilke". FormulaPassion.it (in italiano). Retrieved 30 August 2026.
- ↑ "Dalla Malesia ad Abu Dhabi, progetti ad alta velocità". Gazzetta di Reggio (in italiano). 29 July 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
- ↑ "Crashing the numbers" (PDF). FIA Auto+Medical. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "How the art of circuit design can improve safety while increasing the entertainment factor" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "MotoGP, Silverstone: Jarno Zaffelli condurrà l'indagine tecnica". FormulaPassion.it (in italiano). 6 September 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "Silverstone's Brooklands bump set to be fixed for MotoGP". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "Development of the Zandvoort GP circuit". Professional Motorsport World. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "Jarno Zaffelli: «Il y avait l'option de changer l'Eau Rouge»". L'Équipe (in français). 27 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "Why Madrid F1 critics have it wrong – 'It's a real test of driver & machine'". Motor Sport. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ Landgericht Köln, judgment in case no. 14 O 62/26, following the hearing of 2 April 2026, pp. 1–4 and 61–64 (redacted copy, in German).
- ↑ Mateo, Juan José (2 June 2026). "El diseño del circuito de F1 de Madrid desata un conflicto millonario con frentes en Alemania y España". El País (in español). Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ Mateo, Juan José (4 June 2026). "Ifema moviliza a la Comunidad de Madrid en su pulso millonario por el diseño del circuito de la F1". El País (in español). Retrieved 10 August 2026.
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