Marsilio Pasotti

Marsilio Pasotti (* 1939 in Lumezzane ; † August 2, 1989 ) was an Italian racing driver .

Career

Pasotti, who almost exclusively competed under the pseudonym Pam , began his racing career in club races in Italy in the late 1950s. In 1962 he became a works driver at Abarth and that year won the Coppa Cittá di Enna , a run for the sports car world championship . He also won the Coppa Carri in Monza . In 1963 he triumphed again, this time in a Fiat-Abarth 1000 , in a race of the sports car world championship when he won the Coppa Maifredi , a GT race on a 16.4 km circuit on Lake Garda .

In 1966 he repeated his victory at the Coppa Cittá di Enna. At this point he had already left Abarth and competed in GT and sports car races for the Italian racing team Scuderia Brescia Corse . He stayed with this racing team until the end of his career.

In 1971 he drove the Scuderia's Ferrari 512M in the world championship and, together with Mario Casoni, came fourth in the 1000 km race in Zeltweg . In 1973 he had his only appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , because he finished 15th in the overall standings. He celebrated his last success in 1977 when he finished seventh at the Targa Florio .

Marsilio Pasotti died on August 2, 1989 at the age of 50 after a long illness. In addition to his activities as a racing driver, he was also a well-known designer of sailing boats on Lake Garda.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement
1973	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Alfa Romeo 33TT3	Carlo Facetti	Teodoro Zeccoli	Rank 15

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
1962	Abarth	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Fiat-Abarth 850	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
												1		6th
1963	Abarth	Fiat-Abarth 1000	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
								1									DNF
1966	Scuderia Brescia	Ferrari Dino 206S	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
											1
1967	Eduardo Lualdi	Ferrari Dino 206S	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
					DNF
1970	Scuderia Brescia	Abarth 2000S Abarth 2000 OT	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
							8th					9
1971	Scuderia Brescia	Ferrari 512M	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
												4th
1972	Scuderia Brescia	Abarth Osella SE-021 Abarth-Osella 2000	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
							DNF		DNF
1973	Scuderia Brescia	Alfa Romeo T33	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
				DNF		5				15th	7th
1974	Scuderia Brescia	Lola T292	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
						DNF

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissedre: 24 hours of mans . 1923-1992. 2 volumes. Édition d'Art JB Barthelemy, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

• Pasotti's entry at motorsportmemorial.org (English)
• Report at malegnoborno.it (Italian)