Richard Divila

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Richard Divila is a Brazilian motorsports designer. He has worked in Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Three, Formula 3000 and Sports Car Racing.

Divila had a very close relationship with the Wilson and Emerson Fittipaldi teams. He started by designing Formula Vee and various sports cars for them in Brazil in the 1960s. When the brothers established the Fittipaldi Automotive team in Formula One he became the Technical Director and designed the team's first three cars. He remained with the team until it closed down in 1982.

Since then he has worked for many teams in many categories - in particular with Ligier in Formula One and with Nissan in various sports car series.

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