Elio de Angelis
Nation: | Italy | ||||||||
Automobile / Formula 1 world championship | |||||||||
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First start: | 1979 Argentina Grand Prix | ||||||||
Last start: | 1986 Monaco Grand Prix | ||||||||
Constructors | |||||||||
1979 Shadow 1980–1985 Lotus 1986 Brabham | |||||||||
statistics | |||||||||
World Cup balance: | World Cup third ( 1984 ) | ||||||||
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World Cup points : | 122 | ||||||||
Podiums : | 9 | ||||||||
Leadership laps : | 27 over 143 km |
Elio de Angelis (born March 26, 1958 in Rome , † May 15, 1986 in Marseille ) was an Italian racing driver . In Formula 1 he started for Shadow , Lotus and Brabham . De Angelis contested a total of 108 races between 1979 and 1986 and won two Grand Prix.
Career
Karting
De Angelis began karting at the age of 14, and in 1975 he finished second at the Kart World Championship behind Belgian François Goldstein . In 1976 he won the European Kart Championship .
Entry into the monoposto area (1977–1978)
In 1977, at the age of 19, de Angelis entered the Italian Formula 3 championship with a Chevron Toyota . He won his third race and was champion at the end of the season. He also denied three races of the Formula 2 European Championship for the Scuderia Everest by Giancarlo Minardi . In 1978 he started the Formula 2 European Championship at Scuderia Everest, but got out after the sixth race due to the technical inferiority of his team. He returned to Formula 3, where he won the prestigious Formula 3 race in Monaco.
formula 1
Shadow (1979)
After he had already contested test drives for the Formula 1 team Shadow in September 1978 , de Angelis got a contract with Shadow for the 1979 season . This course was financed by his father, which initially earned him the reputation of a paydriver . His only result in the points was fourth place in the last race of the season, the Grand Prix of the USA East in Watkins Glen .
Lotus (1980–1985)
Thanks to his good performance with the losing car in the 1979 season, Colin Chapman offered him a contract with Team Lotus for the 1980 season . The best result in his first season at Lotus was second place in the Brazilian Grand Prix . He finished the world championship in seventh place with 13 points. In 1981 de Angelis finished eighth in the drivers' championship with 14 points. In 1982 he won his first Grand Prix in Austria with a lead of 0.05 seconds over Keke Rosberg . With 23 points he was ninth in the world championship.
In the following 1983 season , the Lotus had too many defects, so with a fifth place in the Italian Grand Prix it only scored two world championship points. In 1984 de Angelis was third in the world championship with 34 points. Although he didn't win, it was the best Formula 1 season of his career. In 1985 , de Angelis won his second and final race, the San Marino Grand Prix . With 33 points, he was fifth in the world championship.
Brabham (1986)
1986 de Angelis got a contract from Bernie Ecclestone at Brabham . The very low profile Brabham BT55 turned out to be a problematic car. The Monaco Grand Prix was de Angelis' last Formula 1 race.
Deadly accident
Elio de Angelis had an accident on May 15, 1986 during test drives for the Brabham team in Le Castellet . The cause of the accident is suspected to be a break in the rear wing at a speed of around 300 km / h in the S-curve “La Verrière”. However, there was never any official confirmation of the cause. After several rollovers and contact with the guardrail , the car stayed upside down. When Alan Jones stopped at the scene of the accident, the car was already on fire. The poorly equipped marshals were unable to put out the fire quickly. It took several minutes before the car could be turned around and the fire engines arrived at the scene of the accident. De Angelis should not have been seriously injured, only a broken collarbone was found. Since no rescue helicopter was available on the route during the test drives , it took a long time before de Angelis was admitted to the hospital. He died there of suffocation.
statistics
Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship
Grand Prix victories
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Single results
season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 |
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1979 | ||||||||||||||||
7th | 12 | DNF | 7th | DNF | DNF | DNQ | 16 | 12 | 11 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 4th | ||
1980 | ||||||||||||||||
DNF | 2 | DNF | DNF | 10 * | 9 * | DNF | DNF | 16 * | 6th | DNF | 4th | 10 | 4th | |||
1981 | ||||||||||||||||
DNF | 4th | 6th | 5 | DNF | 5 | 6th | DSQ | 7th | 7th | 5 | 4th | 6th | DNF | |||
1982 | ||||||||||||||||
8th | DNF | 5 | 4th | 5 | DNF | 4th | DNF | 4th | DNF | DNF | 1 | 6th | DNF | DNF | ||
1983 | ||||||||||||||||
DSQ | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 9 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 5 | DNF | DNF | ||
1984 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | 7th | 5 | 3 * | 5 | 5 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 4th | DNF | DNF | 4th | DNF | DNF | 5 | |
1985 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | 4th | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | NC | DNF | 5 | 5 | 6th | DNF | 5 | DNF | DSQ | |
1986 | ||||||||||||||||
8th | DNF | DNF | DNF |
Legend | ||
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colour | abbreviation | meaning |
gold | - | victory |
silver | - | 2nd place |
bronze | - | 3rd place |
green | - | Placement in the points |
blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
NC | not classified | |
red | DNQ | did not qualify |
DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
black | DSQ | disqualified |
White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
WD | withdrawn | |
Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
TD | Friday test driver | |
without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
INJ | injured or sick | |
EX | excluded | |
DNA | did not arrive | |
C. | Race canceled | |
no participation in the World Cup | ||
other | P / bold | Pole position |
SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
* | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ autodrom 13, by Axel Moreno, p. 14 ( ISBN 3-87396-413-9 )
- ↑ GRAND PRIX by Ulrich Schwab, p. 129 ( ISBN 3-87943-881-1 )
- ↑ Elio de Angelis - The last gentleman of the F1. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 1, 2005, accessed September 17, 2013 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | De Angelis, Elio |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome , Italy |
DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1986 |
Place of death | Marseille , France |