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Automotive News Europe, January, 2005 by Morton, Ian
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Jost Capito developed his love of racing at an early age. He started skiing at 3 and riding a motorcycle at 6. At 16, Capito took part in his first motorcycle race just hours after getting his license. In 1975, he teamed with his father in a Unimog to win the Paris-Dakar Rally's truck category, finishing 11th overall. A year later he won the German junior motorcycle title. With such an impressive racing resume it was no surprise that Capito chose performance engineering as a career. He worked with BMW, Porsche and the Swiss-based F1 team Sauber Petronas before ...
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