Domenicali, who has been vice president of new business initiatives at Audi since November 2014, succeeds Stephan Winkelmann, who will leave Lamborghini to take the helm at Audi's performance car division quattro GmbH.

Before joining Audi, the 50-year-old Domenicali also served as principal of Ferrari's Formula One team.

(Reporting by Agnieszka Flak)

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