Cesare Fiorio (born 26 May 1939 in Turin, Italy) is a team manager and team principal.
Originally a racing driver, who won the 1150 cc class of the Italian GT Championship in 1961, in 1963 he founded Lancia's racing department, with which he competed in the World Rally Championship and the World Sports Prototype Championship until 1989, winning a total of 18 world titles.
Alongside his commitment to motorsport, he was also a motorboat racer, becoming twice world champion and six times European champion, as well as captaining the crew of the motorboat that set the speed record for crossing the Atlantic from west to east in 1992.
He made his Formula One debut in 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix as team principal of Scuderia Ferrari and remained there until the 1991 Monaco Grand Prix.
He then returned as team principal at Ligier, which had just been bought by Flavio Briatore, at the 1994 French Grand Prix, becoming team manager after Tom Walkinshaw bought the 50% of the team in February 1995.
He remained in this role until the 1995 San Marino Grand Prix, then moved to Forti, again as team manager, where he continued until the 1996 German Grand Prix, when the team withdrew.
From the following 1996 Hungarian Grand Prix, he returned to Ligier, which had just been bought back entirely by Flavio Briatore, again as team manager, remaining there until the end of the 1998 racing season, when the team had already been renamed Prost Grand Prix for two years after being taken over by former driver Alain Prost.
Throughout 1999 Australian Grand Prix and until the 2000 British Grand Prix, he was team manager at Minardi.
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