Michele Alboreto

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Michele Alboreto
Michele Alboreto
Nation: ItalyItaly Italy
Formula 1 world championship
First start: 1981 San Marino Grand Prix
Last start: 1994 Australian Grand Prix
Constructors
1981–1983  Tyrrell  • 1984–1988  Ferrari  • 1989  Tyrrell , Larrousse  • 1990–1992  Arrows / Footwork • 1993  BMS Scuderia Italia  • 1994  Minardi
statistics
World Cup balance: Vice World Champion ( 1985 )
Starts Victories Poles SR
194 5 2 5
World Cup points : 186.5
Podiums : 23
Leadership laps : 219 over 937 km
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Michele Alboreto
Nation: ItalyItaly Italy
DTM
First race: Hockenheimring I 1995
Last race: Hockenheimring II 1995
Teams (manufacturers)
1995 Schübel ( Alfa Romeo )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR
20 (11) - - -
Podiums: -
Overall wins: -
Points: 4th
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Michele Alboreto (born December 23, 1956 in Milan , † April 25, 2001 in Schipkau , Germany ) was an Italian racing driver . He started in Formula 1 between 1981 and 1994 and became vice world champion in a Ferrari in 1985 . In 1997 Alboreto achieved overall victory in the Le Mans 24-hour race . In 2001 he died in an accident during test drives at the Lausitzring .

Career

Alboreto in the Ferrari 126C4 at the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix
Alboreto during training for the 1985 German GP in a Ferrari 156/85

The son of an Italian and a Libyan woman won the European Formula 3 Championship in 1980 for the Euroracing team . The following year he took part in both the Formula 2 European Championship and the Formula 1 World Championship .

In Formula 2 he drove 11 of 12 races for Minardi ; he won the penultimate round of the championship in Misano and finished eighth in the drivers' championship at the end of the season.

In 1981 he made his Formula 1 debut with the Tyrrell team, for which he drove until 1983 . Tyrrell was technically weak, the team had financial problems and, as one of the last racing teams in Formula 1, still used naturally aspirated engines, the performance of which lagged significantly behind the turbo engines. In his first Formula 1 year, Alboreto did not score any world championship points. In 1982 and 1983 Alboreto won a world championship run. The victory at the Grand Prix of the USA East in 1983 was initially the last Formula 1 victory for a naturally aspirated car and at the same time the last success for Tyrrell in Formula 1.

At the beginning of the 1984 season Alboreto was signed by Ferrari , where he stayed for five years (1984 to 1988). Alboreto was the last Italian racing driver personally signed by Enzo Ferrari . Alboreto scored three victories with Ferrari. His most successful year was the 1985 season , in which he led the drivers' standings until the middle of the season and which he finally finished as runner-up behind Alain Prost after a series of failures at the end of the season .

In the 1989 season he started for Tyrrell, but was sacked after a few races due to disputes with team boss Ken Tyrrell and conflicts between Alboretos sponsor Marlboro and the team-supporting competitor brand Camel . After a few races off, Alboreto moved to Larrousse later in the season and to Arrows in 1990 , where he stayed for three years. In the 1991 season, the racing team was bought by a Japanese multimillionaire who changed the team's name from Arrows to Footwork. In 1991 Porsche supplied the engines for a number of races, but prematurely ended the possible comeback in the premier class of motorsport due to a lack of success. In 1993, Michele Alboreto joined the team at BMS Scuderia Italia , which, however, was unable to provide him and his teammate Luca Badoer with competitive equipment.

Michele Alboreto at the 1994 Monaco Grand Prix in a Minardi M193B

Alboreto ended his Formula 1 career with Minardi- Ford at the end of 1994 ; Among other things because of the serious accidents this season, some of which resulted from the fact that the Formula 1 cars of this year were very difficult to control due to changes in the regulations. Alboreto was affected by the fateful 1994 San Marino Grand Prix itself - after a pit stop, his vehicle lost a wheel that injured several mechanics. Alboreto scored five Grand Prix victories in its 194 starts.

After his Formula 1 time, Alboreto moved to Alfa Romeo in the German Touring Car Championship in 1995 . In 1996 he competed in the Indy Racing League . In 1996 he started to drive endurance racing, where he wanted to end his career. 1997 he won with his former teammate at Ferrari and Footowork Stefan Johansson and Tom Kristensen on a Joest - Porsche , the 24-hour race at Le Mans .

On April 25, 2001, around 5:30 p.m., Alboreto had a fatal accident during test drives for the 24-hour race in Le Mans on the DEKRA Test Oval next to the EuroSpeedway Lausitz . After a tire damage on the rear axle of his Audi R8 racing car at 300 km / h, the vehicle broke away and took off, rolled over several times, flew over the guard rails and landed next to the track. Michele Alboreto died at the scene of the accident.

He left a wife and two daughters with whom he had lived in Monte Carlo .

statistics

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

Grand Prix victories

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1981 ItalyItaly Lancia Lancia Beta Montecarlo United StatesUnited States Eddie Cheever ItalyItaly Carlo Facetti Rank 8
1982 ItalyItaly Martini Racing Lancia LC1 ItalyItaly Teo Fabi GermanyGermany Rolf Stommelen failure Engine failure
1983 ItalyItaly Martini Racing Lancia LC2 ItalyItaly Piercarlo Ghinzani GermanyGermany Hans Heyer failure no fuel pressure
1996 GermanyGermany Joest Racing TWR-Porsche WSC-95 ItalyItaly Pierluigi Martini BelgiumBelgium Didier Theys failure Electrics
1997 GermanyGermany Joest Racing TWR-Porsche WSC-95 SwedenSweden Stefan Johansson DenmarkDenmark Tom Kristensen Overall victory
1998 GermanyGermany Joest Racing Porsche LMP1 SwedenSweden Stefan Johansson FranceFrance Yannick Dalmas failure Electrics
1999 GermanyGermany Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8R ItalyItaly Rinaldo Capello FranceFrance Laurent Aïello Rank 4
2000 GermanyGermany Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8 ItalyItaly Rinaldo Capello GermanyGermany Christian Dept. Rank 3

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1995 United StatesUnited States Scandia Motorsports Ferrari 333SP ItalyItaly Mauro Baldi BelgiumBelgium Eric van de Poele Rank 4
1996 United StatesUnited States Scandia Motorsports Ferrari 333SP ItalyItaly Mauro Baldi United StatesUnited States Andy Evans Rank 2
1999 GermanyGermany Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8R SwedenSweden Stefan Johansson ItalyItaly Rinaldo Capello Rank 3
2000 United StatesUnited States Audi Sport North America Audi R8 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Allan McNish ItalyItaly Rinaldo Capello Rank 2
2001 United StatesUnited States Audi Sport North America Audi R8 FranceFrance Laurent Aïello ItalyItaly Rinaldo Capello Overall victory

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 Lancia Lancia Beta Montecarlo United StatesUnited States DAY United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MUG ItalyItaly MON United StatesUnited States RIV United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States WAT BelgiumBelgium SPA CanadaCanada MOS United StatesUnited States ROA ItalyItaly VAL FranceFrance DIJ
2 2 4th 2
1981 Lancia Lancia Beta Montecarlo United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MUG ItalyItaly MON United StatesUnited States RIV United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM ItalyItaly BY United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States WAT BelgiumBelgium SPA CanadaCanada MOS United StatesUnited States ROA United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH
41 DNF 8th 1
1982 Lancia Lancia LC1 ItalyItaly MON United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM BelgiumBelgium SPA ItalyItaly MUG JapanJapan FUJ United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH
DNF 1 1 DNF DNF 1 DNF DNF
1983 Lancia Lancia LC2 ItalyItaly MON United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM BelgiumBelgium SPA JapanJapan FUJ South AfricaSouth Africa KYA
9 DNF DNF DNF 11

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