Michele Alboreto

Michele Alboreto

Nation:	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

Michele Alboreto

Nation:	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

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

1982 Las Vegas Grand Prix ( Las Vegas )  1983 US Grand Prix ( Detroit )  1984 Belgian Grand Prix ( Zolder )

1985 Canadian Grand Prix ( Montréal )  1985 German Grand Prix ( Nürburg )

Le Mans results

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

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1995	Scandia Motorsports	Ferrari 333SP	Mauro Baldi	Eric van de Poele	Rank 4
1996	Scandia Motorsports	Ferrari 333SP	Mauro Baldi	Andy Evans	Rank 2
1999	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R8R	Stefan Johansson	Rinaldo Capello	Rank 3
2000	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	Allan McNish	Rinaldo Capello	Rank 2
2001	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	Laurent Aïello	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	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
				2		2			4th				2
1981	Lancia	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	DAY	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	BRH
			41		DNF					8th			1
1982	Lancia	Lancia LC1	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	MUG	FUJ	BRH
			DNF	1	1	DNF	DNF	1	DNF	DNF
1983	Lancia	Lancia LC2	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	FUJ	KYA
			9	DNF	DNF	DNF	11

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