Mauro Baldi

Mauro Baldi

Nation:	Italy
Formula 1 world championship
First start:	1982 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last start:	1985 San Marino Grand Prix
Constructors
1982  Arrows  1983  Alfa Romeo  1984–1985  Spirit
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-16. ( 1983 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 36 - - -
World Cup points :	5
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Mauro Baldi (born January 31, 1954 in Reggio nell'Emilia ) is a former Italian racing driver .

Career

In 1981 Baldi became European Formula 3 champion .

formula 1

From 1982 to 1985, Baldi drove in Formula 1 . He made his debut at the Brazilian Grand Prix behind the wheel of an Arrows A4 . He finished the race in twelfth place; after the disqualification of Nelson Piquet and Keke Rosberg, he moved up to tenth place. His best placement was fifth at the 1983 Dutch Grand Prix . There he drove an Alfa Romeo 183T .

His last race in the Formula 1 World Championship was the 1985 San Marino Grand Prix , where he retired in the Spirit 101D due to engine failure.

Sports car racing

In 1990 , the Italian won the sports car world championship alongside Jean-Louis Schlesser in a Sauber Mercedes C11.

In 1994 he won the Le Mans 24-hour race in a Porsche 962 . His teammates were the French Yannick Dalmas and the American Hurley Haywood . Three more times, in 1989 , 1992 and 1993 , he made the top three podium at Le Mans. In 1992 he finished the race together with Kenny Acheson and Gianfranco Brancatelli in the Sauber C9 in second place overall.

Baldi started a total of twelve times in Le Mans, the last time in 2000 on a Panoz .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1984	Martini Racing	Lancia LC2	Paolo Barilla	Hans Heyer	failure	crankshaft
1985	Martini Racing	Lancia LC3	Henri Pescarolo		Rank 7
1986	Liqui Moly Equipe	Porsche 956B	Price Cobb	Rob Dyson	Rank 9
1989	Team Sauber Mercedes	Clean C9	Kenny Acheson	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Rank 2
1991	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 905	Philippe Alliot	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	failure	Engine failure
1992	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 905	Philippe Alliot	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Rank 3
1993	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 905	Philippe Alliot	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Rank 3
1994	Joest Racing	Duration 962LM GT	Yannick Dalmas	Hurley Haywood	Overall victory
1997	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Franz Konrad	Robert Nearn	failure	Suspension breakage
1998	Moretti Racing Inc.	Ferrari 333SP	Giampiero Moretti	Didier Theys	Rank 14
1999	JB Racing	Ferrari 333SP	Jérôme Policand	Christian Pescatori	failure	Engine failure
2000	Team Den Blå Avis	Panoz LMP-1	John Nielsen	Klaus Graf	not classified

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1995	Scandia Motorsports	Ferrari 333SP	Michele Alboreto	Eric van de Poele	Rank 4
1996	Scandia Motorsports	Ferrari 333SP	Michele Alboreto	Andy Evans	Rank 2
1998	Momo Doran Racing	Ferrari 333SP	Didier Theys	Giampiero Moretti	Overall victory
1999	Doran Enterprises	Ferrari 333SP	Didier Theys	Fredy Lienhard	failure	Gearbox damage
2000	Doran Lista Racing	Doran Special	Didier Theys	Fredy Lienhard	Rank 5
2002	Doran Lista Racing	Dallara LMP	Didier Theys	Fredy Lienhard	failure	accident

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11
1982	Momo Giampiero Moretti	Porsche 935	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	MUG	FUJ	BRH
				7th			7th	8th
1984	Lancia	Lancia LC2	MON	SIL	LEM	ONLY	BRH	MOS	SPA	IMO	FUJ	KYA	SAN
			3	4th	DNF		7th			9
1985	Lancia	Lancia LC2	MUG	MON	SIL	LEM	HOK	MOS	SPA	BRH	FUJ	SEL
			4th	DNF	12	7th	4th		1	3
1986	Richard Lloyd Racing	Porsche 956	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	JER	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
					9				2	10	DNF
1987	Richard Lloyd Racing	Porsche 962	JAR	JER	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
			8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	1	2	5	DNF	3
1988	Sauber motorsport	Clean C9	JER	JAR	MON	SIL	LEM	BRÜ	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ	SAN
			1	2	2	3		4th	3	DNF	1	DNF	2
1989	Sauber motorsport	Clean C9	SUZ	DIJ	JAR	BRH	ONLY	DON	SPA	MEX
			1	3	5	1	1	2	1	DNF
1990	Sauber motorsport	Sauber C9 Mercedes-Benz C11	SUZ	MON	SIL	SPA	DIJ	ONLY	DON	MOT	MEX
			1	1	DNF	8th	1	1	1	1	DNF
1991	Peugeot Sport	Peugeot 905	SUZ	MON	SIL	LEM	ONLY	LIKE	MEX	AUT
			1	8th	6th	DNF	DNF	2	2	4th
1992	Peugeot Sport	Peugeot 905	MON	SIL	LEM	DON	SUZ	LIKE
			DNF	DNF	3	1	3	1

Web links

Commons : Mauro Baldi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mauro Baldi at Motorsportarchiv.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Le Mans 1994