Emilio de Villota
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| First start: | 1977 Spanish Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | Grand Prix of Austria 1977 | ||||||||
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| 1977 Emilio de Villota | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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Emilio de Villota (born July 27, 1946 in Madrid ) is a former Spanish automobile racing driver . In 1977 he competed in two Formula 1 Grand Prix. His son Emilio junior and his late daughter María was also a racing driver.
Career
De Villota was registered in fifteen Formula 1 world championship races between 1976 and 1982, but could only qualify twice for the start. In 1976 he joined RAM Racing . 1977 and 1978 he was a McLaren - Ford reported on their own in eight Grands Prix. In 1977 he had his only two races: at the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuito del Jarama , he finished thirteenth and at the Austrian Grand Prix at the Österreichring, he finished seventeenth.
1981 he was on his only Grand Prix with Williams - Ford at the Spanish Grand Prix because of a violation of the Concorde Agreement disabled. In his final season in 1982 he was registered five times for Onyx Racing . The team used a vehicle called the March 821 , which was originally developed for rival racing team RAM Racing . However, de Villota could not qualify for the start in any case.
De Villota's greatest sporting success was winning the championship in the Aurora AFX Formula 1 Series in 1980 , a racing series also known as the British Formula 1 Championship (as opposed to the World Championship).
After the unsuccessful motorsport season in 1982, de Villota ended his Formula 1 career. But he remains connected to motorsport and runs a Formula 3 racing team.
statistics
Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 1981 |
 Team Lola
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Lola T600 |
Guy Edwards
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 Juan Fernández
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Rank 15 | |
| 1982 |
Grid racing
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Grid Plaza S1 |
.svg){kind=small} Desiré Wilson
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Alain de Cadenet
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failure | Engine failure |
| 1986 |
John Fitzpatrick Racing
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Porsche 956B |
Fermín Vélez
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George Fouché
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Rank 4 |
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| SURNAME | Villota, Emilio de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid , Spain |