Mario Benusiglio

In the 2000s, Mario Benusiglio competed in the Italian GT championship on the Ferrari 348 racing car model

Mario Benusiglio (born August 27, 1950 - February 4, 2014 ) was an Italian racing car driver .

Racing career

Mario Benusiglio was active in GT , sports and touring car racing for four decades . He started his career in Formula 3 , where he competed in both the Italian and European championships in the late 1970s .

For many years he competed in races in the Italian GT Championship , where he achieved a total of 16 class wins. His greatest international success was the third place overall in the World Sportscar Championship in 1982 counted 1,000-km race at Monza . Teammates in the Osella PA7 were Gabriele Ciuti and Giuseppe Piazzi .

statistics

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
1980	Mario Benusiglio	Osella PA5	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
							DNF
1981	Mario Benusiglio	Osella PA8 Osella PA6	DAY	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	BRH
					6th	DNF
1982	Escolette	Osella PA7 Lucchini	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	MUG	FUJ	BRH
			3					DNF

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Mario Benusiglio at the Driver Database
• Mario Benusiglio at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Italian GT Championship