Enzo Calderari

The Porsche 911 Carrera RSR (left) of Lilian Bryner , Renato Mastropietro and Enzo Calderari at the 1994 24 Hours of Le Mans

Enzo Calderari (born April 18, 1952 in Bienne ) is a Swiss entrepreneur and former racing driver .

Career

Enzo Calderari is the son of Jacques Calderari , who was active as a sports car driver in the 1960s . The son, who works as a real estate agent , can look back on an almost 30-year career as a racing driver. He began in GT and touring car racing in the 1970s and, together with Marco Vanoli, was overall sixth in the European Touring Car Championship in 1980 (overall winners Helmut Kelleners and Siegfried Müller junior ). In addition to further appearances in the European touring car championship, he competed in the German racing championship and the sports car world championship .

In 1992 he secured the overall ranking of the 1992 Porsche Carrera Trophy ahead of Stefan Oberndorfer and was runner-up in the Porsche Supercup behind Altfrid Heger in 1993 . He celebrated further successes in the FIA GT Championship , where he was fifth overall in the championship in 2004 on a Ferrari 550 Maranello registered by BMS Scuderia Italia . That year he also celebrated overall victory in the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race .

He competed five times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans . He made his debut in 1985 and celebrated his best placement in the final classification in 1994 with his then regular co-driver Lilian Bryner and the Italian Renato Mastropietro when he finished ninth overall. He had his last active season in 2009 in the Italian Touring Car Championship , then he retired from active racing.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1985	Angelo Pallavicini	BMW M1	Angelo Pallavicini	Marco Vanoli	failure	Engine failure
1993	Cartronic Motorsport	Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Cup	Lilian Bryner	Luigino Pagotto	failure	accident
1994	Écurie Biennoise	Porsche 911 Carrera	Lilian Bryner	Renato Mastropietro	Rank 9
1995	Stadler Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Lilian Bryner	Andreas Fuchs	failure	accident
1997	Stadler Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Lilian Bryner	Angelo Zadra	failure	Oil leak

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1993	Cigarette Racing	Porsche 911 Carrera 2	Ronny Meixner	Luigino Pagotto	Rank 17
1994	Ecurie Biennoise	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Lilian Bryner	Renato Mastropietro	Rank 9
1996	Stadler Motorsport	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Lilian Bryner	Ulli Richter	failure	Engine failure
1997	Stadler Motorsport	Porsche 911	Lilian Bryner	Ulli Richter	Rank 14

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
1977	Angelo Pallavicini	Porsche 934	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SIL	ONLY	VAL	BY	WAT	EST	LEC	MOS	IMO	SAL	BRH	HOK	VAL
																		10
1978	Meccarillos Racing Pallvano Corse Angelo Pallavicini	Porsche 934	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	SIL	ONLY	LEM	MIS	DAY	WAT	VAL	ROD
							8th						18th	10
1979	Lubrifilm Racing Ecurie Biennoise Angelo Pallavicini	Porsche 934 Porsche Carrera RSR	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
			10		6th		10			10		DNF				8th		7th
1980	Eggenberger Motorsport	BMW 320	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
																	DNF
1982	BMW Italia Enzo Calderari	BMW M1	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	MUG	FUJ	BRH
			DNF		3		DNF
1985	Angelo Pallavicini	BMW M1	MUG	MON	SIL	LEM	HOK	MOS	SPA	BRH	FUJ	SEL
						DNF
1988	Team Salamin	Porsche 962	JER	JAR	MON	SIL	LEM	BRÜ	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ	SAN
			9

Web links

Commons : Enzo Calderari  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Enzo Calderari at the Driver Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European Touring Car Championship 1980
2. ↑ Porsche Carrera Trophy 1992