Stefano Domenicali [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Stefano Domenicali will replace Stephan Winkelmann to be the president and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini from March 15. Stephan Winkelmann will take over as CEO of sports Audi affiliate Quattro GmbH.

Stephan Winkelmann [Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

"Over the past eleven years Stephan Winkelmann has transformed Lamborghini into a global leader in the manufacture of super sports cars. His successor, who also possesses a wealth of experience in this area, will be continuing this success," said Rupert Stadler, chairman of the board management of Audi AG and chairman of the administrative board of Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A..

Stefano Domenicali was responsible for being sponsors of Scuderia Ferrari from 1996, before becoming sporting director of the Formula 1 team in 1998. From 2004 to 2007 he headed the Direzione Sportiva F1. In 2008 he was Team Principal of Scuderia Ferrari F1, which won the Constructors' World Championship that year. From 2009 to 2014 Domenicali represented Ferrari in the F.I.A World Motor Sport Council and still belongs to that body today. He is currently president of the F.I.A. Single Seater Commission.

He has been vice president of New Business Initiatives at Audi AG since November 2014.

"I am very excited to be taking on the challenges of this great legacy. It is now my duty to continue the successes that my predecessor Stephan Winkelmann achieved for Automobili Lamborghini," said Domenicali.

Winkelmann held a variety of senior positions in the Fiat Group heading up operations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland before being appointed President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini in 2005.