Gianni Balzarini
Gianni Balzarini is a former Italian racing car driver .
Career
Balzarini was a well-known Italian sports car racing driver in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1959 he won the Mille Miglia together with Carlo-Maria Abate . After the end of this legendary car race in 1957 , the event was held in 1958, 1959 and 1961 as a kind of rally without any sporting value. Of the 1,453 kilometers, only 188 kilometers were driven at racing speed and only on uphill sections.
Balzarini won numerous mountain races in Italy and was in 1964 for Porsche -Werksmannschaft in the Targa Florio . With Herbert Linge as a teammate, he finished second in the overall standings behind Colin Davis and Antonio Pucci in the Porsche 904 GTS . At the Tour de France for automobiles in 1959 , he and Abate finished fifth in the overall ranking of sports cars in a Ferrari 250GT .
In 1962 he worked as a factory driver for Abarth also in the 24-hour race at Le Mans at the start, the race had to a technical defect but to retire.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1962 | Abarth Corse & Cie | Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | Franz Albert | failure | Gearbox damage |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1960 | Scuderia Serenissima | Ferrari 250 GT | Carlo-Maria Abate | failure | Oil loss |
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 | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd |
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1953 | Osca MT4 | SEB | MIM | LEM | SPA | ONLY | RTT | CAP | ||||||||||||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1955 | Moretti 750S | BUA | SEB | MIM | LEM | RTT | TAR | |||||||||||||||||
145 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1956 | Marino | BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | KRI | ||||||||||||||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1958 | Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV | BUA | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | RTT | |||||||||||||||||
9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1960 | Scuderia Serenissima | Ferrari 250 GT | BUA | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | |||||||||||||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1961 | Scuderia Serenissima | Fiat-Abarth 1000S | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | PES | |||||||||||||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1962 | Abarth | Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | DAY | SEB | SEB | MAY | TAR | BER | ONLY | LEM | TAV | CCA | RTT | ONLY | BRI | BRI | PAR | |||||||
DNF | DNF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1963 | Abarth | Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | DAY | SEB | SEB | TAR | SPA | MAY | ONLY | CON | ROS | LEM | MON | WIS | TAV | FRE | CCE | RTT | OVI | ONLY | MON | MON | TDF | BRI |
DNF | 17th | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1964 | Porsche | Porsche 904 | DAY | SEB | TAR | MON | SPA | CON | ONLY | ROS | LEM | REI | FRE | CCE | RTT | SIM | ONLY | MON | TDF | BRI | BRI | PAR | ||
2 |
literature
- Pino Fondi: Targa Florio - 20th Century Epic. Giorgio Nada Editore Vimodrone 2006, ISBN 88-7911-270-8 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Balzarini, Gianni |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |