Riccardo Paterni

Riccardo has represented RPM, MindUP and AWA in supporting the  all women  drivers racing team.

The Fox Running 10-Hour Race took place in Modena last Saturday, December 6th. RPM took to the track as a partner of AWA, supporting their first all-female team, “Women on Track.”

Two other organizations from our network supported this fantastic team: Andreoli & C. as sponsor and MindUp providing technical and psychological support.

The Fox Running
The 25th event of The Fox Running, held on December 6th at the Modena racetrack, closed this year’s season.
50 competing teams, 10 hours of racing, and a technical and challenging course, where both old acquaintances and new talents raced, for a race that draws ever-increasing numbers every year.

Female Empowerment Takes a Stand in Motorsport
And it is in this context that “Women on Track,” the AWA team, partnered by RPM, came into play.
An all-female team, born from the vision of three great women: Monica Zanetti, Lady F40 and the first female mechanic in Ferrari history; Laura Tancredi, president and co-founder of AWA with Zanetti; and Anna Mangione, founder of Wheels on Heels.

The team, led by Nives Ardetti, took to the track with a concrete project: to gain the space women deserve in motorsport.

RPM’s Presence
RPM was the official partner: our logo, featured on the KIA Rio 1.5 Turbo Diesel, raced around the Modena racetrack throughout the race.

The support of two other network members was also crucial: Andreoli & C., as sponsor, and MindUp, providing technical and psychological support throughout the race.

Congratulations, Women on Track!
This race is yet another demonstration of how the network is much more than just a collection of companies and professionals, but a true team that supports and motivates one another.
Congratulations, therefore, to all involved, and especially to the Women on Track riders for this crucial milestone.

A Thursday of coffee, discussion, and networking took place on December 4th for the High Performance Coffee Club. As always, organized by GMA and powered by RPM, it took place in an exceptional location: the Motor Valley Accelerator headquarters.

Motor Valley Accelerator: The beating heart of innovation
The choice of the Motor Valley Accelerator as the venue for the latest edition of the High Performance Coffee Club allowed companies and industry professionals to meet in a place where innovation in high-performance engineering is the order of the day.

An opportunity for startups and professionals
Motor Valley Accelerator offers young entrepreneurs and startups the chance to present their high-performance engineering ideas and raise funds and financing through a structured program divided into several stages.

The HPCC at the beginning of the month was therefore not only an opportunity for networking, but also for meeting professionals interested in new ideas and projects.

The Success of the HCPP
This simple and direct format is the key to the success of this event, which brings together an ever-increasing number of professionals from the motorsport, advanced engineering, and automotive sectors.
The goal? To stay up-to-date on market trends, projects in development, news, and opinions, over a good coffee and outside of the company walls.

Until the next HPCC!
Thank you to all the professionals for participating in this edition of the HPCC, and also thanks to the Motor Valley Accelerator for offering their venue as a location for our networking.

See you next time!

Riccardo has facilitated an all day session of organizational development regarding the Promotec organization that is behind Autopromotec trade show activities along with the ones of the associations AICA and AIRP and the magazine Pneurama.

The focus of the session (involving all of the people part of the organization) has been on organizational identity and team building; it all has leveraged upon the relevant heritage of the trade show (recently celebrating 60 years) and the relevant legacy to boost its future along with the one of the associations supporting it. Stay tuned for further developments…

Riccardo has been interviewed by the Automotive Women Association (AWA) (he is a board member) regarding his career relevant to talent development and motorsport. The focus of the interview has also been on the key topic of inclusion with the specific topic of a course for high performance car testers: AWA has selected and sponsored the only two women that took part to this important training path.

(Linkedin post)

(AWA interview – in Italian)

On June 25, 2025, the Pre-Conference Industry Day (dedicated to the Motorsport Industry) of the KM Conference 2025, organized by the International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management (IIAKM) and promoted by ISACA, was held at the University of Siena.
An event that saw the world of the motorsport industry relate to the world of research and application on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity in a context in which professors, researchers and protagonists of the sector from all over the world were present (in person and remotely); it was explaored how motorsport generates innovation, manages and transfers knowledge to other fields of application.

Riccardo Paterni leads the Industry Day
The day was presided over by Riccardo Paterni, Manager of RPM, as Chair of the Industry Day.
His speech, entitled “The Motorsport Industry as a Unique Powerhouse of Consistent Innovation and Knowledge Transfer” (see links below), kicked off a day full of ideas and reflections on the strategic value of motorsport as an innovation ecosystem applicable to multiple sectors.

The protagonists of the RPM network
The RPM network had a strong and qualified presence, with contributions from several members who brought concrete experiences:

• Alessandro Fabbri (Novac): supercapacitors and new energy frontiers.
• Luca Buscherini (System Electronics): artificial intelligence and edge computing in motorsport.
• Lorenzo Baldassarri (MindUP Enhancement Psychology®): human performance and applied knowledge.
• Laura Tancredi (Automotive Women Association): inclusion and female leadership in the sector.
• Samit Satish Naik (Synergy Pathways on the Merin case study): innovation and international technology transfer.
• Emanuele Canova (Cube Controls): the convergence between sim racing and real competitions.

Contributions from automotive and tech world protagonists
To complete the panel of speakers, two important international companies:

• Omar Morando (EY Advisory) spoke about cybersecurity in motorsport and automotive, underlining the growing importance of data protection in competitive performance.
• Luca Cecati (Stellantis) addressed the topic of software engineering between mass market and motorsport, highlighting the synergies between the two areas.

An event with a high collaborative value
The comparison between the industrial and academic worlds actively involved the public, with questions and ideas that confirm how knowledge management and innovation are today fundamental levers also in motorsport.
All the participants in the presentations received a parchment of thanks officially signed by the organizing institute and by the person presiding over the day.
To crown the day, the International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management awarded two recognitions:

• Excellence in Leadership Award to RPM (Italian Motorsport Network), for the leadership demonstrated in organizing the event and the contribution to the diffusion of the culture of knowledge in the transfer of knowledge.
• Excellence in Leadership Award to Riccardo Paterni, recognized as “Distinguished Colleague and Outstanding Leader”, for his leading role in the success of the Industry Day and in promoting the value of motorsport as an ecosystem of innovation.

The event was also important to generate interest in the Motorsport Industry from universities and organizations that understood the pragmatic planning and potential of the sector to generate innovation in various fields; from this contacts were born that will lead to further developments for the RPM network.

More pictures about the event available at this link.

From MindUP Enhancement Psychology ® website: “We supported two of our riders on the occasion of the second CIV test in the SuperSport 600 NG category: Andrea Giombini and Antonio Sorrentino. Our talent development project in the motorcycle context continues and expands by integrating the work with our partner DBTrainer and (specifically for Giombini) also with Luca Andreucci’s Motart. All these methods create synergies by placing the athlete at the center in a personalized and objective way based on the interpolation of data following an innovative methodology.”